FJ2A032 French linguistics II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2026
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Christophe Gérard L. Cusimano (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Christophe Gérard L. Cusimano
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
FJ2A031 French linguistics I
Only Master students
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 13 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The purpose of the course is to give an overview of linguistic methods and subjects in pragmatics and enunciation (énonciation).
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, a student should be able to :
- identify and summarize the topics studied ;
- give a class presentation on a chosen topic ;
- write an essay deepening one of the studied topics in the semester.
Syllabus
  • I. Enunciation and reported speech
  • II. Anaphora, deixis, and reference chaining
  • III. Pragmatics and speech acts
Literature
  • KRIEG-PLANQUE, Alice. Analyser les discours institutionnels. Paris: Armand Colin, 2012, 238 s. ISBN 9782200278625. info
  • CHARAUDEAU, Patrick and Dominique MAINGUENEAU. Dictionnaire d'analyse du discours. Edited by Jean-Michel Adam - Simone Bonnafous - Josiane Boutet - Sonia Branca-Ro. Paris: Seuil, 2002, 661 stran. ISBN 9782020378451. info
  • KERBRAT-ORECCHIONI, Catherine. L'énonciation : de la subjectivité dans le langage. 3é ed. Paris: Armand Colin, 1997, 290 s. ISBN 2200015364. info
  • DUCROT, Oswald and Jean-Marie SCHAEFFER. Nouveau dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences du langage. Edited by Marielle Abrioux. Paris: Seuil, 1995, 817 s. ISBN 2020381818. info
  • (On) Searle on conversation. Edited by John R. Searle - Herman Parret - Jef Verschueren. Philadelphia: John Benjamins Pub., 1992, 154 p. ISBN 9789027282910. info
  • BEACCO, Jean Claude and Mireille DAROT. Analyses de discours : lecture et expression. Paris: Hachette, 1984, 175 s. ISBN 2010087291. info
  • DUCROT, Oswald. Le dire et le dit. Paris: Éditions de Minuit, 1984, 237 s. ISBN 2707310034. info
  • DUCROT, Oswald. Dire et ne pas dire : principes de sémantique linguistique. Paris: Hermann, 1972, 283 s. ISBN 2705656995. info
  • AUSTIN, J. L. How to do things with words : the William James lectures delivered at Harvard University in 1955. London: Oxford University Press, 1971, vii, 166. ISBN 0198812345. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, group projects.
Assessment methods
Presentation on a given theme during the last week of the semester + argumentative essay to be written during the examination period. The essay is very different depending on the students' field of study. Students in Master French Language and literature are expected to focus on theoretical points, whereas French didactics students are essentially required to write a well-argued pedagogical lesson plan on a subject covered in class.
Language of instruction
French
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2026, recent)
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