Pamplemousses : Il y a beaucoup de fruits dans le monde qui sont délicieux. C’est vrai que les bananes sont délicieuses et facile à manger. Même les enfants peuvent les manger. Mais, on les mange trop vite et on ne peut pas en apprécier le goût. Donc, je préfère les pamplemousses parce que ce sont les fruits pour les adultes et… Read more →
Author: Magda Oiry
Syllabus 371
Advanced Grammar and Composition I Textes: 1) Jacqueline Ollivier et Martin Beaudoin, Grammaire française, 4e édition (obligatoire) 2) Un bon dictionnaire français, comme Le Petit Robert (recommandé) 3) Un bon dictionnaire bilingue, comme Le Collins-Robert (recommandé) Description et organisation du cours Notre tâche principale sera de mettre en œuvre et d’approfondir les connaissances de français que vous avez… Read more →
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FRENCH 240 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH Spring 2016 Magda Oiry Office hours WF 10-11 in Herter 309 Course: MW 2:30-3:45 and by appointment Classroom: Herter Hall 118 Current office: ILC N434 (stop by on TH) e-mail: moiry@umass.edu TEXTS: Required: – Intrigue: Langue, culture et mystère dans le monde francophone (softcover textbook, 2011,… Read more →
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Français 371 Printemps 2016 Magda Oiry Office hours WF 10-11 in Herter 309 and by appointment Course: MWF 11:15-12:05 Classroom: Herter Hall 116 Current office: ILC N434 (pop-up on TH) e-mail: moiry@umass.edu Textes: 1) Jacqueline Ollivier et Martin Beaudoin, Grammaire française, 4e édition (obligatoire) 2) Un bon dictionnaire français, comme Le Petit Robert (recommandé) 3) Un… Read more →
Comments to articles presented in class
UUSLAW Nov 7, 2015
University of Massachusetts, University of Connecticut and Smith College Language Acquisition Workshop UUSLAW Fall 2015 Hosted at Smith College in McConnell Hall 103 (Parking on adjacent streets e.g. Green street ($1 an hour:meters) or in Green street or Scott gym parking lots at Smith College) 9.30am Coffee, tea and bagels Foyer of McConnell 10 am Andie Faber (U.Mass) “Assigning and… Read more →
Schedule 591B
Week 1 Sept 8-10 Introduction, Syllabus Read: Chapter 1 Gass.Selinker Handout: week 1 intro (slides) —- Week 2 Sept 15-17 First language acquisition Handout: week 2 Read: Chapter 2 G&S, Cattell Assignment: answer question 3 p.16 of G&S — Week 3 Sept 22-24 The critical period hypothesis Read: Chapter 2 of Ortega Ioup et al. Handout: First language acquisition To… Read more →
References
Questions Scope Marking (Partial movement) Focus Clefts Spoken French Read more →
References: Partial movement
Bruening, B. (2004). Two types of wh-scope marking in Passamaquoddy. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, 22(2), 229-305. Cheng, L. L. (1997). Partial wh-movement. Dayal, V. (2000). Scope marking: Cross-linguistic variation in indirect dependency. Wh-scope marking, 37, 157-193. Fanselow, G. (2006). Partial Wh?Movement. The Blackwell companion to syntax, 437-492. Felser, C. (2004). < i> Wh</i>-copying, phases, and successive cyclicity. Lingua, 114(5), 543-574. Herburger, E. (1994). A semantic difference… Read more →
References: clefts
Belletti, A. (2006, July). Clefts and wh in situ: some notes. In manuscrit, université de Sienne, Lisbonne COST-Meeting (pp. 6-8). Belletti, A. (2008). The CP of clefts. Rivista di Grammatica Generativa, vol. 33 (2008), p. 191-204. Belletti, A. (2012). Revisiting the CP of Clefts. Grewendorf, G. & Zimmermann, TE Discourse and Grammar. From Sentence Types to Lexical Categories, 91-114. Beyssade, C., Delais-Roussarie, E., Doetjes,… Read more →