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 116-227 Introduction To Romance

Note

Available as 116-327 at 3rd-year level.

Credit Points

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator

Assoc. Professor Monique Burston and Dr John Hajek

Prerequisites

Students enrolled in 2nd or 3rd year linguistic subjects are not normally eligible to enrol.

Semester

1

Contact

Two lectures and one tutorial a week

Subject Description

This subject is an introduction to the study of Romance languages (in particular French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Rumanian and Occitan). Students will gain an understanding and knowledge of a) the position and distribution of Romance languages around the world; b) the sounds and basic grammatical structures of these languages; c) the major differences and mutual influences amongst the Romance languages; d) their development from Latin and aspects of their history.

Assessment

Three practical assignments (30%), one quiz (20%) and one final test no more than two hours in duration (50%).

Prescribed Texts

A materials pack prepared by the department will be made available.



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