Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course approaches a number of topics in English linguistics from a cognitive and functional perspective, as opposed to a formal or generative approach. It discusses the main tenets of cognitive and functional theoretical frameworks as well as the methods they adopt in studying languages. The topics in English linguistics covered include noun incorporation (e.g. crowd-surfing), modality as expressed by patterns with nouns (e.g. there's no chance/doubt that ...), and pseudo-coordination (e.g. They went and submitted the paper late!). The course will also familiarize students with finding relevant scientific sources and with how to engage with the existing literature on a specific topic.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Insight into linguistic theoretical frameworks and the methods they rely on, with a focus on functional and cognitive frameworks
- Introduction into heuristics for English linguistics
- Deeper understanding of the domain of valence-changing mechanisms (e.g. noun incorporation), modality and clause-combining, and a number of analytical problems related to these
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Very good knowledge of English; English Language 1 & 2; English linguistics 1 & 2
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course involves interactive seminars in which students will discuss corpus data, read scientific articles, and eventually carry out a corpus study or a literature review themselves. We will also use the flipped-classroom method.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face seminars.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
All teaching materials will be made available on eCampus.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
Students will have to prepare a research paper, based either on a literature review or a corpus study on a topic of their choice. They will have to relate the topic meaningfully to cognitive and/or functional approaches. They will have to report on their findings in both an oral presentation and a research paper. This paper integrates feedback from teacher and peers, and relates its findings to the existing literature. Expected length: 5,000-8,000 words, excluding references. More precisely, grades will be given as follows:
- oral presentation: 5/20
- research paper: 15/20
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Students should read the ULiège charter on the use of generative artificial intelligence https://www.student.uliege.be/cms/c_19230399/fr/faq-student-charte-uliege-d-utilisation-des-intelligences-artificielles-generatives-dans-les-travaux-universitaires, to which we subscribe for this course.
Students are allowed to use generative AI tools for their course work in a responsible, critical, and transparent way, and have to detail in a separate document (appendix) how and why they used AI tools, and which ones they used.
Contacts
Teacher in charge of the course :
An Van linden
Département de Langues et littératures modernes
Place Cockerill, 3-5
B-4000 Liège
Tel. 04 366 53 60
E-mail: an.vanlinden@uliege.be
Office: A2/6/16