French Morphology and Syntax

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) Based on the analysis of modern French, this course presents fundamental linguistic concepts, including nature and types of monemes, distributional and syntactic properties of morphemes, and the French verbal system (mood, tense and aspect). The syntax of simple, compound and complex sentences is studied in a transformational-generative perspective, as it applies to French. At the Honours level, in FREN-4206/LING-4304, additional approaches (mainly the functional and the cognitive) are used to examine complex utterances in various oral and written styles. Cross-listed: FREN-4206(3). Restrictions: Honours Form Required. Students may not hold credit for this course and FREN-4112 | FREN-4206 | LING-4302. Requisite Courses: 6 credit hours of 2000-level French language/linguistics or permission of instructor [prerequisite(s)].