The course aims to help students to familiarize with the main devices of French lexicology and to improve their lexical skills for successful communication at level B2/C1 of the Common European Framework.
Course Prerequisites
In order to sit for examination, students must have passed the French Language 2 exam.
Teaching Methods
Interactive lectures. Practical exercices during the lessons. To attend the course, students will need the textbook 1) indicated below and the photocopies prepared by the lecturer. Students are requested to register on the companion web site of the course where they will access to full set of references, and also to the register of passed exams, to self preparation to the exams.
Assessment Methods
written exams: applied morphology and semantics exercises based on specific methodology developed during teaching. oral exams : presentation of afive French words portfolio following the course methodological approach.
Texts
Apothéloz, Denis. La construction du lexique français. Paris : Ophrys, 2002. Monneret, Philippe. Exercices de linguistique / Philippe Monneret. - 2. éd. - Paris : PUF, 2014. - X, 429 p. ; 20 cm. - (Quadrige. Manuels) in biblioteca Mortureux, Marie-Francoise. La lexicologie entre langue et discours / Marie-Francoise Mortureux. - \Paris! : Sedes, c1997. - 191 p. ; 22 cm.. - (Campus. Linguistique) in biblioteca Polguère, Alain. Lexicologie et sémantique lexicale, Montréal : Les Presses de l'université de Montréal, 2002. Rey, Alain. Le lexique : images et modeles du dictionnaire a la lexicologie / Alain Rey. - Paris : Armand Colin, c1977. - 307 p. ; 21 cm.. - (Linguistique) in biblioteca
Contents
The course will first survey major issues in French lexicology, considering morphological and semantic phenomena. We will then focus on the onomasiological analysis (including idioms) of five important semantic areas concerning common aspects of daily life. The French Language 3 course includes the "CEL" lessons (see below).
Course Language
French
More information
The on line companion allows students to review key notions of the face to face course. It gives also further informations for students who want to study further. Student workload includes personal exercitation for which on line course provides plenty of material with feedback.
