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Duration
Identical coursesComparing Language Structures (B-KUL-HBT48E)
Vanden Wyngaerd Guido (coordinator) | Vanden Wyngaerd Guido Aims
The goal of the first part of the course is to make students aware of the diachronic relationships between different language stages, as well as the genetic affiliation and relatedness of the languages of Europe and beyond. The goal of the second part of the course is to make students aware of the range of variation of linguistic phenomena across the languages of Europe and beyond, as well as the different methods that may be used to describe and analyse this variation.
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Activities
6 ects. Comparing Language Structures: Typological Perspectives (B-KUL-HBT48e)
Content
The aim of the course is to make the students aware of the diachronic relationships between different language stages, as well as the genetic affiliation and relatedness of the languages of Europe and beyond.
6 ects. Comparing Language Structures: Historical Perspectives (B-KUL-HBT48f)
Content
The goal of the course is to make students aware of the range of variation of linguistic phenomena across the languages of Europe and beyond, as well as the different methods that may be used to describe and analyse this variation.
Evaluation
Evaluation: Comparing Language Structures (B-KUL-H75806)
Explanation
The results of each semester count toward 1/2 of the final grade.
Information about retaking exams
Partial exemptions are possible in the third exam period, but not in the following academic year.