Course: Introduction to the Study of Dutch

ECTS credits: 3

Language: Dutch

Duration: one semester

Status: obligatory

Course type: 2 hours of lecture

Course description: This course offers an introduction to the basic themes and problems that Dutch linguistics is dealing with.

Learning outcomes: Students will be able to: name and describe the main types of language; independently determine which language type belongs to the major European languages; name and determine the main features of the Dutch language in the major linguistic periods; categorize and describe the historical development of the Dutch language from 700 to the present day; define sociolinguistic differences between the Dutch language in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Teaching methods: teaching through lectures, exercises and teacher-led demonstrations in the classroom, presentations, classroom discussion; E-Learning (Omega, etc.)

Literature: A: Smedts, Willy & Van Belle, W. (2003). Taalboek Nederlands. Kapellen: Uitgeverij Pelckmans. Kapellen. (poglavlje III: Woordleer: morfologie en semantiek, str. 55-107); Gritter G. (1993), Van oerklank tot moedertaal. Over de ontwikkeling van het Nederlands, Utrecht/Antwerpen; Vries, J.W. de [e.a] (1994), Het verhaal van een taal. Negen eeuwen Nederlands. Amsterdam; B: Booij, Geert. (2002). The Morphology of Dutch Oxford University Press.

Evaluation Methods and Grading: class attendance, written exam