| Module Identifier | FR25020 | ||
| Module Title | SEMANTICS AND LEXICOGRAPHY | ||
| Academic Year | 2000/2001 | ||
| Co-ordinator | Professor David Trotter | ||
| Semester | Intended For Use In Future Years | ||
| Next year offered | N/A | ||
| Next semester offered | N/A | ||
| Mutually Exclusive | FR35020 You may not study FR35020 in your final year if you choose FR25020 in the second year | ||
| Course delivery | Lecture | 10 | |
| Seminar | 10 | ||
| Assessment | Exam | 2 Hours | 60% |
| Continuous assessment | 2 essays, 1500-2000 words each | 40% | |
| Resit assessment | If no c/a: 1 x 3 hr paper If c/a: 1 x 2 hr paper | ||
Brief description
A study of semantics (with particular reference to French) and of the relationship between language and meaning, together with an examination of how French dictionaries deal with the representation of the semantics of French vocabulary development and use.
Reading Lists
Books
** Reference Text
Chaurand, J.. (1997)
Introduction a l'histoire du vocabulaire francais. Bordas
Holtus, G., et al. (eds). (1990)
Lexikon der Romanistischen Linguistik 5/I: Le francais. Niemeyer [NLW]
Muller, B. (1987)
Le francais d'aujourd'hui. Klincksieck
Ullman, S.. (1952)
Precis de semantique francaise. Francke
Journals
Baldinger, K. (1957)
'Contribution a une histoire des provincialismes', Revue de Linguistique Romane, 21, pp.62-92.