2024-2025 / LING0018-1

Questions of general linguistics

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master en langues et lettres anciennes et modernes, à finalité approfondie5 crédits 
 Master in French and Romance languages and literatures : general, research focus5 crédits 
 Master in ancient and modern languages and literatures, teaching focus5 crédits 
 Master in French and Romance languages and literatures : general, teaching focus5 crédits 
 Master en langues et lettres anciennes et modernes, à finalité spécialisée en édition et métiers du livre5 crédits 
 Master in French and Romance languages, general, professional focus in the analysis and creation of critical knowledge5 crédits 
 Master in French and Romance languages, general, professional focus in publishing and book trade5 crédits 
 Master in French and Romance languages and literatures : general, professional focus in French as a foreign language5 crédits 
 Master en langues et lettres anciennes et modernes5 crédits 
 Master in French and Romance languages and literatures : general (60 ECTS)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Nicolas Mazziotta

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course will focus on linguistic diagrams, considered as tools for visualizing linguistic analyses. We will read a selection of these works together.

Diagrams are key tools in linguistic research. As tools that enable reasoning in various fields of human knowledge according to C.S. Peirce, diagrams can be seen as genuine formalizations of the relationships between concepts and entities. We will explore the reasoning associated with diagrams, the formalizations related to them, and the typology of graphical representations in the language sciences. (Transl. ChatGPT)

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Students will develop the following skills, applied to texts centered on topics related to the course:

  • understand a linguistic text;
  • present a linguistic reasoning;
  • present their personal views on a linguistic issue.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

General knowledge of theoretical linguistic notions is required.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course will be conducted differently depending on the number of participants and the health conditions. Ideally, it will take the form of (1) discussions accompanying the reading of scientific articles. Students will prepare by reading the assigned texts in advance; (2) student presentations.

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

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

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Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus


Further information:

Papers at study will be shared on ecampus

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Written work / report

Other : See description


Further information:

Students may choose between two alternate examination modalities:

EITHER reading report on a specific question. The report will be discussed during the oral examination;

 OR oral examination on the topics discussed and studied during the course.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Teaching in Q2, Tue, from 2PM to 4PM. Please contact the professor if you experience any problem with the schedule. Schedule might be changed per student request.

Contacts

Nicolas Mazziotta, chargé de cours: nicolas.mazziotta@uliege.be

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