Linguistics: Analysis of Language in Context

Teacher(s)

Brysbaert Jorina (compensates Simon Anne-Catherine); Fairon Cédrick; Simon Anne-Catherine;

Language

French

Prerequisites

LFIAL1530

Content

The following content areas will be covered :
'    Theoretical concepts (context, discourse, terminology, neology, collocations, structure of a discourse, interaction, freezing, situational sentences, ambiguity, domain, register, gender, verbal interactions, fixed expressions, situational sentences, ambiguity, etc.).
'    Methods (lexicometry, textometry, representation of the structure of discourse, relations between elements of discourse, sequential analysis of verbal interaction, critical analysis of discourse, etc.) including the use of computer software for linguistic analysis.
'    Reflection on methods (notion of the text as a 'bag of words' or as a sequence of words, contribution of annotation to the analysis of texts, implications of the researcher's subjectivity, etc.).

Teaching methods

Formal lectures

Evaluation methods

Written examination in the January and the September exam session.

Other information

The training in French linguistics has been thought out in a progressive manner over the three annual blocks of the bachelor's degree. The first annual block aims at mastering the standardized language while maintaining a critical distance from the norm (LROM1111 Linguistique : maitrise et analyse du français normé). The second annual block is devoted to the study of the French language in its social or geographical variation (LROM1221 Linguistique : la variation en français contemporain) and historical (LROM1222 Linguistique : approche historique du français dans la Romania). The third annual block trains in the analysis of the French language as used in context, and in particular in the identification of the genres (and registers) of texts and speeches (Linguistique : analyse du français en contexte).

Online resources

Moodle: https://moodle.uclouvain.be/course/view.php?id=3814

Teaching materials

• diaporamas et syllabus disponibles sur Moodle

Faculty or entity

> ELAL