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116-225 Spoken French: Theory and Practice | |
Note | Available as 116-325 at 3rd-year level. |
Credit Points | 16.7 2nd and 3rd year |
Coordinator | Assoc. Professor Monique Burston |
Prerequisites | 116-115 or 116-202, or equivalent. |
Semester | 2 |
Contact | Two one-hour lectures and a one-hour tutorial a week |
Subject Description | In this subject, students will be trained to recognise, transcribe and describe the sounds of French (articulatory phonetics). They will acquire a basic understanding of intonation patterns and linking phenomena (liaison and elision). They will be introduced to two theoretical approaches to phonological description (structural and generative). Grammatical and lexical features of the colloquial language will be examined, with special emphasis on the French spoken by young people. |
Assessment | one test (not more than 90 minutes) (40%); one essay (not more than 1200 words) (30%); practical work and problem solving exercise (30%). |
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