Admission requirements
Willingness to read French.
Description
Berber is a group of closely related languages spoken in Northern Africa and the Sahara. In this course, an overview of the basic structures of these languages is provided, and a number of analytically and typologically interesting features will be highlighted. This includes topics such as syllabification, case marking, aspect, and sequentiality.
Course objectives
Course objective 1: Acquiring knowledge of and insight in the general structure of Berber languages and of the internal diversity.
Course objective 2: Acquiring knowledge of and insight in some of the analytically and typologically salient features.
Course objective 3: Acquiring skills of analysis of existing literature on Berber lingusitics.
Course objective 4: Strengthening of oral presentation skills.
Course objective 5: Doing original analysis of Berber linguistic questions and/or data.
Course objective 5: Strengthening of written presentation skills of original analysis.
Timetable
The timetable will be available by June 1st on the website.
Mode of instruction
Seminar
Course Load
time spent on attending lectures and seminars: 26 hours
time for studying thecompulsory literature: 75 hours
time for preparing one presentation: 35 hours
time for writing a paper based on original research: 144 hours
Assessment Method
Oral presentation based on extensive reading of orginal literature 20%
Term paper, featuring original analysis based on literature and/or on field research 80%
Resit: students who fail the course may resit the term paper.
Blackboard
This course is supported by Blackboard
Reading list
- Kossmann, Maarten (2012). Berber. In: Zygmunt Frajzyngier and Erin Shay, eds. The Afroasiatic Languages. Cambridge.: Cambridge University Press, pp. 18-101.
Further literature will be announced during the course.
Registration
Students should register through uSis. If you have any questions, please contact the departmental office, tel. 071 5272144 or mail: ma-linguistics@hum.leidenuniv.nl
When registering, students that are registered for the specialisation that this course belongs to, or the Research Master, take priority. The deadline for registration is August 15. All other students should contact the coordinator of studies
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Registration Studeren à la carte
Registration Contractonderwijs
Contact
MA Linguistics departmental office, P.N. van Eyckhof 4, room 102C. Tel. 071 5272144; mail:ma-linguistics@hum.leidenuniv.nl