FJ0B774 French in North America

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Christophe Gérard L. Cusimano (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Vurm, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 16:40–17:25 zrusena M12
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Ce cours est l'occasion de revisiter les concepts de norme et de variation à travers le cas particulier qu'est l'imprégnation de la partie nord de l'Amérique par le français. On pourra ainsi mesurer si ces français ou les français adultères d'Amérique du Nord comme le dit Paul Wijnands (2005) doivent être compris comme un écart face à la norme, des variations, ou comme indépendants de tels concepts. Nous prendrons donc pour objet des phénomènes linguistiques particulier pour appuyer notre raisonnement. Il s'agira aussi de mettre ces faits en relation avec l'histoire de la langue, nécessairement liée à l'histoire des territoires où celle-ci est parlée.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives (in Czech)
There is no final examination but three oral presentations during the semester.
Syllabus
  • 1) What is called "norm"? 2) The language war 3) Language politics 4) Language politics in Canada [PRESENTATION 1] 5) Variationist sociolinguistics 6) Louisiane and linguistics : diglossia ? [PRESENTATION 2] 7) Linguistic relativity or Sapir-Whorf hypothesis 8) Sociolinguistics - key concepts [PRESENTATION 3] 9) Conclusion
Literature
    required literature
  • Dictionary of Louisiana Frenchas spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian communities. Edited by Albert Valdman - Kevin J. Rottet. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2010, xl, 892 p. ISBN 9781604734034. info
  • CALVET, Louis-Jean. Essais de linguistique : la langue est-elle une invention des linguistes? Paris: Plon, 2004, 250 stran. ISBN 2259199798. info
  • L'enquête sociolinguistique. Edited by Jeanne-Marie Barbéris - Louis-Jean Calvet - Pierre Dumont. Paris: Harmattan, 1999, 190 s. ISBN 2738476686. info
  • CALVET, Louis-Jean. Les Langues véhiculaires. 1. éd. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1981, 127 s. ISBN 2130368883. info
  • LABOV, William. Sociolinguistic patterns. 1st pub. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1978, xxiv, 344. ISBN 0631177205. info
  • SAPIR, Edward. Language : an introduction to the study of speech. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1921, vii, 258. info
    recommended literature
  • Du Canada au Québec : généalogie d'une histoire. info
  • CUSIMANO, Christophe. La polysemie : Essai de semantique generale (Polysemy : essay on general semantics). PrvnÍ. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2008, 232 pp. Collection Sémantiques. ISBN 978-2-296-06725-7. info
    not specified
  • The atlas of North American Englishphonetics, phonology, and sound change : a multimedia reference tool. Edited by William Labov - Sharon Ash - Charles Boberg. New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2006, xiv, 318 p. ISBN 9783110167467. info
  • LABOV, William. What is a linguistic fact? Lisse: Peter de Ridder Press, 1975. ISBN 903160075X. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, group projects and homeworks
Assessment methods
There is no final examination but three oral presentations during the semester.
Language of instruction
French
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf2/course/view.php?id=1325
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2014, Spring 2015.
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