Module Identifier |
EL20220 |
Module Title |
ROMANCE LINGUISTICS |
Academic Year |
2002/2003 |
Co-ordinator |
Professor David A Trotter |
Semester |
Semester 2 |
Course delivery |
Lecture | 11 Hours |
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Seminars / Tutorials | 11 Hours |
Assessment |
Semester Exam | 2 Hours | 60% |
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Semester Assessment | Continuous Assessment: 2 x 1500 - 2000 word essays | 40% |
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Supplementary Exam | 2 Hours (3 hour examination if no continuous assessment submitted) | 100% |
Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to
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understand the main methodologies of Romance linguistics as a comparative discipline
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see the point of a comparative approach to Romance languages (and by extension, to any other group of cognate languages)
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appreciate the usefulness of sociolinguistics in linguistic study (both historical and synchronic).
Brief description
The module will (a) introduce students to the main themes and methodologies of Romance linguistics as a comparative discipline (b) present some case-studies of aspects of Romance linguistics (c) alert students to the need (when studying any one Romance language) to take account of data from adjacent Romance languages and (d) emphasize the need for the broadly sociolinguistic approach in this branch of linguistics.
It is intended (although not exclusively) to serve as a 'bridging' or comparative element in a degree scheme in Romance Languages.
Students taking the module should normally have studied at least two Romance Languages.
Reading Lists
Books
** Recommended Background
Elcock, W.D. (1975)
The Romance Languages. Faber
Green, J.G. and Posner, R.. (80-82)
Trends in Romance Linguistics and Philology. 4 vols. Mouton
Holtus, G., et al. (eds). (1987-)
Lexikon der Romanistischen Linguistik. Niemeyer
Posner, R.. (1996)
The Romance Languages. Cambridge University Press
Wright, R.. (1982)
Late Latin and Early Romance. Cairns
Wright, R.. (1991)
Latin and the Romance Languages in the early Middle Ages. Routledge