Semantics and Pragmatics of French Language
Code: 103354 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2501913 English and French | OT | 3 | 0 |
| 2501913 English and French | OT | 4 | 0 |
| 2502533 French Studies | OB | 3 | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Roser Gauchola Gamarra
- Email:
- Roser.Gauchola@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- (fre)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Prerequisites
There are not any special prerequirements
Objectives and Contextualisation
In this topic, included in French Linguistics, the goal is to give the student the ressources necessary to carry out a semantic and pragmatic analysis of present-day documents in French in their oral dimension as well in their written dimension.
Competences
- English and French
- Apply the techniques of French oral and written expression corresponding to different levels of competence.
- Develop critical thinking and reasoning and knowing how to communicate effectively both in your mother tongue and in other languages.
- Respect the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
- Students can apply the knowledge to their own work or vocation in a professional manner and have the powers generally demonstrated by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems within their area of study.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
- Students must know the methodology and terminology associated to the linguistic analysis of the French language.
- French Studies
- Develop critical thinking and reasoning and knowing how to communicate effectively both in your mother tongue and in other languages.
- Respect the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
- Students can apply the knowledge to their own work or vocation in a professional manner and have the powers generally demonstrated by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems within their area of study.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
- Students must know and apply techniques of oral and written expression in the French language.
- Students must know the methodology and terminology associated to the linguistic analysis of the French language.
Learning Outcomes
- Analysing and applying the specific methodologies and terminology of the linguistic analysis of the French language.
- Analysing and making linguistic remarks in the several fields of study (phonetics, phonology, morphology, lexicon, semantics) of the French language.
- Analysing the main linguistic variation phenomena of French (historical, geographical, social and pragmatic variation).
- Effectively communicating and applying the argumentative and textual processes to formal and scientific texts.
- Effectively working in teams and respecting different opinions.
- Explaining the specific concepts of the French language, linguistics and literature.
- Identifying the main and secondary ideas and expressing them with linguistic correctness.
- Interrelating the different aspects of linguistics.
- Producing oral discourses in French language that are appropriate to various situations of communication.
- Producing written texts in French language that are appropriate to various situations of communication.
- Solving problems autonomously.
- Summarising acquired knowledge about the origin and transformations experienced in its several fields of study.
Content
Introduction : the semantic and pragmatic components of language
I Semantics
1. Lexical semantics
- words, morphemes, morphological analysis / polysemy
- theories of lexical meaning: the semes analysis
- the evolution of words meaning : metaphore and metonymy
- conotation, levels of language
- review of lexical semantic relationships: antonymy
- Polysemy of derivational affixes
2. Grammatical semantics
- word /syntagms order; verbal government
- logical and temporal relationships
II Pragmatics
- Speech activity
- deixis
- Modalities
- Speech acts
- implicits:presupposition
- Conversational laws
Methodology
Master class with TIC and collective discussion
Analysis of lexical, semantic and pragmatic phenomena
Individual and collective exercises
Autonomous activities: exercises, exam preparation, readings, writings, Internet search
Interaction in class (teacher-student, student-student)
Oral and/or written exams
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Tutorials | 45 | 1.8 | 1, 6, 2, 8 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Exercises | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 2, 8 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Master class, discussions, exams | 80 | 3.2 | 1, 2, 8 |
Assessment
Assessment will be continuous. It will include all the work done during the term, the exams (which number will vary depending on the rhythm in which the program will be completed) as well the exercises done during all the term. Mid-term exams will be corrected in class and students will be able to ask any doubt about assessment. In the final exam, a date of revision will be fixed.
- If a student has not done any of the mid-term exams, (s)he will not be assessed.
- Remedial exam will only be avalaible to students who, having done the continuous assessment, have failed. But they will have not right to remedial exam if their average is inferior to 3,5 /10 or if they have not done at least 2/3 of the required tasks. Tasks not done will not be remediated (in this case the assessment will be 0/10) or the activities done in course. If the student has not got an average of pass, he will have to do a final exam including all the topics.
Plagiarism: Total or partial plagiarism of any exercise will be automatically failed (0) of the plagiarised exercise. TO PLAGIARISE is copying from non identified sources from a text, even if it is one single phrase, which is appropriated by someone who is not the real author (it includes copying phrases or Internet passages and adding them without modification to the text which is presented as one's own). It is a serious offense.
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite,they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
Particular cases: Students whose mother tongue is French will have to achieve the same assessment conditions than the rest of students. Students are the exclusive responsible of monitoring formative and assessment activities.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exams | 50 | 4 | 0.16 | 3, 1, 6, 4, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 |
| Interaction in class | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3, 1, 6, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 |
| Participation in collective analysis | 25 | 1 | 0.04 | 1, 6, 2, 7, 8, 9, 5 |
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