Module Identifier | EL30320 | |||||||||||||||||
Module Title | ROMANCE LINGUISTICS | |||||||||||||||||
Academic Year | 2007/2008 | |||||||||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Professor David A Trotter | |||||||||||||||||
Semester | Semester 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | 11 Hours. | ||||||||||||||||
Seminars / Tutorials | 11 Hours. | |||||||||||||||||
Assessment |
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Content : Lectures
1,2 Introduction
3,4 "Razze latine non esistono: esiste la latinita": Latin Heritage
5,6 Barbarians to the north and infidels to the south: Germanic and Arabic influences
7,8 Language contact phenomena in the emergence of Romance vernaculars
9,10 Standardization and normalization: the development of the Romance languages
Seminars
1-4 Introduction to relevant Romance dictionaries : French (FEW), Italian (Battaglia, LEI),
Spanish (Corominas), Occitian (Lv, Rn, DOM, DAG/DAO).
5-6 Online lexicographical resources.
7-10 Presentations of particular topics arising from lexical study.
Problem solving | By being expected to address and resolve various problems (methodological as well as empirical) posed by the comparative study of the Romance languages. | ||
Research skills | Required to find, evaluate and use source materials (primary and secondary). | ||
Communication | Expected to communicate in seminars and to present group findings, as well as to write at an appropriate level for assignments. | ||
Improving own Learning and Performance | Students will be able to observe the improvement in their own competence in handling complex data and dictionaries. | ||
Team work | Expected to work in groups, and to present (jointly) group findings to seminars. Development of team skills in dividing up work and organizing it. | ||
Information Technology | Quantities of the data which will be discussed are accessible only on-line and will entail the acquisition of some elementary competence in database searching. | ||
Application of Number | Only applicable if students choose to undertake the c/a project on lexical data in a way which entails e.g. statistical analysis of lexical forms or distribution. No assessment unless chosen c/a topic needs it. | ||
Personal Development and Career planning | Not directly addressed in this module | ||
Subject Specific Skills | Use of historical dictionaries of Romance languages and by extension, of any language. This is a relatively (and increasingly) rare skill of fundamental importance for any research in historical linguistics. |
This module is at CQFW Level 6