2024-2025 / LROM0025-3

Historical linguistics of the French language 1 : historical phonetic

Duration

30h Th, 15h Pr

Number of credits

 Bachelor in ancient and modern languages and literatures5 crédits  
 Bachelor in French and Romance languages and literatures : general5 crédits  

Lecturer

Marie-Guy Boutier

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The student is introduced to historical linguistics of French by a course of historical phonetics (i.e. the study about the changes of the sounds composing a word from its origin until now).

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

To know the main mechanisms of evolution of the sounds and to be able to reconstitute the phonetic evolution of french words.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

See french version.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

  • Historical phonetics lectures (M.-G. Boutier), and practical classes with phonetics exercises (in charge : Léonore Dubru).
  • Exercises on WebCT .
  • It is essential to take part actively in the exercises in order to integrate the course. Practical classes are compulsory.

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

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

Friday 3 p.m-5 p.m. (quadrim. I); 2 p.m.-4 p.m. (quadrim. II).

Course materials and recommended or required readings

  • Phonétique historique du français. Notes de cours, M.-G. Boutier, Presses de L'ULg, 3e éd. 2015.
  • Phonétique historique du français. Exercices, P. Renders, M. Steffens, Presses de l'ULg, 2013.
  • E. et J. Bourciez, Phonétique française. Étude historique, Paris, 1978.

  • Written midterm exam in January.
  • Written exam in June and September.
The mark of the midterm exam in January will count for 40% of the June final grade if > or = 10/20 (the mark will have no effect on the final grade if it doesn't reach 10/20).

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

  • Historical phonetics lectures (M.-G. Boutier), and practical classes with phonetics exercises (in charge : Léonore Dubru).
  • Exercises on WebCT (in charge : Léonore Dubru).
  • It is essential to take part actively in the exercises in order to integrate the course. Practical classes are compulsory.

Contacts

  • Marie-Guy Boutier, professor.
  • Léonore Dubru, assistant.
  • Student monitor.

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