Developments in Modern Spanish Linguistics. Theory and Method.
Postgraduate course
- ECTS credits
- 10
- Teaching semesters
- Autumn
- Course code
- SPLA311
- Number of semesters
- 1
- Teaching language
- Spanish
- Resources
- Schedule
Course description
Objectives and Content
The course will contain at least four of the following components:
- Spanish language as an objective of study (introduction)
- Methodologies in Spanish dialectology
- Methodologies in Spanish sociolinguistics
- Language contact between Spanish and other languages
- Spanish language and culture
- New trends in Spanish linguistics
- Corpus linguistics
- Spoken language
- Pragmatics
- Text linguistics
- Discourse analysis
- Translation
Learning Outcomes
The student
- is familiar with modern approaches in Spanish linguistics, and is familiar with the main characteristics of various methodologies and techniques used by linguists in the analysis of Spanish in recent times.
- has gained insight into theoretical and methodological problems in Spanish linguistics.
- can account for the main characteristics of modern methodologies of approaching Spanish language.
- can distinguish between these methodologies and work with them.
- has achieved a basis from which to continue to carry out research on Latin-American and European Spanish language.
ECTS Credits
Level of Study
Semester of Instruction
Place of Instruction
Required Previous Knowledge
Recommended Previous Knowledge
Credit Reduction due to Course Overlap
Access to the Course
Teaching and learning methods
The form of teaching is seminar/lectures totaling 24 hours, two hours per week for 12 weeks or as block teaching, where it is a prerequisite that the students participated actively throughout the semester.
If fewer than five students register for a course, the teaching offer can be adapted to the number of students.
Compulsory Assignments and Attendance
A draft of the supervised assignment that is mentioned under "Form of Assessment" must be submitted for supervision by the announced deadline.
It is also compulsory for the students to meet once for supervision at the agreed time. The supervision can be held digitally. The deadline for submitting the draft will be announced at a seminar in the beginning of the semester.
Approval of compulsory work requirements applies in the teaching semester and the following semester.