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.
Level of Study
Semester of Instruction
Place of Instruction
Required Previous Knowledge
Recommended Previous Knowledge
Access to the Course
Teaching and learning methods
Compulsory Assignments and Attendance
The term paper (see Forms of assessment) is to be submitted for supervision during the semester. Students are also required to attend supervision digitally at an agreed-upon time. Deadlines for submission of term paper drafts will be announced in the seminars.
Approved coursework is valid for one semester following the semester of instruction.
Forms of Assessment
Grading Scale
Reading List
Ca. 500 pages representing various works on Spanish linguistics from ca. 1950 to the present.
As a rule, students are to adhere to the course reading list given the semester the course is taken. However, alternative reading lists may be approved following an application to the course instructor(s) which argues for the alternative reading list. In semesters where no teaching is given, the reading list from the previous semester is to be used.