English linguistics II

The course introduces students to the various levels at which the English language or its use can be analysed:
- Phonetics
- Phonology
- Morphology
- Syntax
- Semantics
- Pragmatics
It also introduces them to different approaches that can be adopted when describing the English language:
- Historical
- Sociolinguistic
- Psycholinguistic
Finally, it acquaints students with empirical methods used to study English.

Note that care is taken to avoid unnecessary overlap between this course and both GERM-B100 and LING-B100.

Students are expected

• to further familiarise themselves with the descriptive approach to the study of languages
• to become fully conversant with the different levels at which English or its use can be analysed
• to form a comprehensive picture of the English language
• to become familiar with ways of collecting empirical data.

Required and Corequired knowledge and skills

GERM-B200	CEFRL
Oral production	B1+
Written production	B1+
Listening comprehension	B2
Reading comprehension	B2

Weekly lectures: 2 credits
Weekly exercise sessions: 2 credits
Weekly online tests (non-compulsory but recommended)
Personal reading: 1 credit

Contribution to the teaching profile

This course makes the following contributions:

1. Training students to think critically (by insisting on preciselfy defined concepts and rigorous analyses)
2. Developing students' command of English
3. Training students to adopt a scientific approach to language phenomena (cf. point 1)

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

Compulsory reading:
Plag, I., Arndt-Lappe, S., Braun, M. & M. Schramm 2015. Introduction to English Linguistics, 3rd revised and enlarged ed., de Gruyter Mouton.

Recommended reading:
Huddleston, R., Pullum, G. & Reynolds, B. 2021. A Student's Introduction to English Grammar, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press. 

Course notes

• Université virtuelle

Contacts

MAIL : louise.raynaud@ulb.be
OFFICE : DB8.140   Make an appointment via e-mail.

Campus

Solbosch

Method(s) of evaluation

• written examination

written examination

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

Written exam in May/June.

Language(s) of evaluation

• english