Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 80)
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Availability: Not offered in 1996; expected to be offered in 1997.
Credit points: 16.7 2nd or 3rd year
Coordinator: Assoc Prof Monique Burston.
Prerequisite: 116-115 or 116-202, or equivalent.
Contact: Two one-hour lectures and a one-hour tutorial a week.
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- understand that a language (here French) is not monolithic and varies with time, geographical location, socio-economic status, etc. ;
- have gained familiarity with regional varieties in France;
- be aware of the situation of the French language outside France ('francophonie');
- have gained a basic understanding of social dialectology and registers.
Content:
Regional dialectology and history of the French language; Meridional French; 'francophonie'; language planning; diglossia; pidgins and creoles; Canadian French; multilingualism in Mauritius.
Assessment:
one 90-minute test (40 per cent); one essay (not more than 1,200 words) (40 per cent); practical work and oral presentation equivalent to not more than 2,000 words (20 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 80)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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