2024-2025 / LING0009-1

The typology of languages and language universals*

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in anthropology, research focus5 crédits 
 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of social sciences)5 crédits 
 Bachelor in ancient and modern languages and literatures5 crédits 
 Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : classics5 crédits 
 Bachelor in information and communication5 crédits 
 Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : German, Dutch and English5 crédits 
 Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : general5 crédits 
 Bachelor in history5 crédits 
 Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : general5 crédits 
 Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : musicology5 crédits 
 Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : Oriental studies (Registrations are closed)5 crédits 
 Bachelor in philosophy5 crédits 
 Bachelor in French and Romance languages and literatures : general5 crédits 

Lecturer

Julien Perrez, Laurent Rasier

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

An introduction to what the world's languages have in common and in what aspects they can differ as well as to the main principles underlying language.
Tools applied to exercises and potentially to be used to a grammatical phenomenon of the student's choice.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Mastering the theoretical notions and the methods of analysis and being able to apply them in order to solve concrete problems.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face. 30 hours; 1st semester;

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
- MyULiège


Further information:

The course will be based on the following books:



  • Everett, C. (2013). Linguistic Relativity: Evidence across Languages and Cognitive Domains. Berlin: Mouton De Gruyter.
  • Velupillai, V. (2012). An Introduction to Linguistic Typology. Berlin: Mouton De Gruyter.
Some scientific articles (most of the time in English) might also be discussed to further illustrate some specific subjects.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- Remote

written exam

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

Written exam measuring the understanding of key theoretical concepts as well as the students' ability to apply these to concrete cases. A final may also be asked at the end of the course.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Concrete examples will be used as a basis of reflexion to introduce theoretical concepts.

Contacts

Professors: Laurent Rasier & Julien Perrez

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Laurent Rasier

Département de langues et littératures modernes

Place Cockerill 3, 4000 Liège

tél.: +32 4 3665403

Laurent.Rasier@uliege.be

Office hours

On appointment.

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Julien Perrez

Département de langues et littératures modernes

Place Cockerill 3, 4000 Liège

tél.: +32 4 3665837

Julien.Perrez@uliege.be 

Office hours

On appointment.

Association of one or more MOOCs

Items online

Chapter 5: Morphological typology
Documents realting to the notion of morphological typology

Chapter 6_Lexical typology
Documents relating to the notion of lexical typology (2n part)

eCampus platform
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