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116-022 Spoken French: Theory and Practice | |
Note | Formerly available as 116-225/325. Students who have completed 116-225/325 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Assoc Prof M Burston & Dr J Warren |
Prerequisites | 116-007 French I: Cultural Perspectives and 116-008 French I: Language in Context II or 116-015 Post-beginners French IIB or equivalent. |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Contact | Two 1-hour seminars and a 1-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | In this subject, students will be trained to recognise, transcribe and describe the sounds of French (articulatory phonetics), and to contrast them with the sounds of English. 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) and to methods of oral data collection and transcription. Grammatical and lexical differences between spoken (colloquial) and written forms of the language will be examined (in particular, negative and interrogative constructions, left and right dislocations, use of personal pronouns). Features of the French spoken by young people will be studied. |
Assessment | A 90-minute test, and practical work and problem solving exercise equivalent to 1300 words, and an essay of 1200 words. |
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