MLN016 Philosophy of Language

Dr. Francois Alberola Year I, Semester I In this course, students examine the major philosophical theories concerning the nature and use of language, enabling them to come to a personal understanding of the philosophy of language.

MLN105 Foreign Languages I (French, English, Thai)

Dr. Chan Somnoble, Dr. Im Francois Year I, Semester I As part of their Masters program, students learn either English or French as a foreign language. They develop their abilities in speaking, reading and writing, and focus on learning general and technical linguistics terms and jargon. As well as studying either English or French intensively, […]

MLN104 Socio-Linguistics

Dr. Louis Arsac Year I, Semester I Students learn that acquiring a new language is not just acquiring a set of new syntax, grammar and lexical rules, but also involves learning a new ‘cultural and civilizational grammar’. This involves distinguishing between two sets of rules, the rules of grammar on one hand, and the rules […]

MLN103 Comparative Syntax and Morphology

Dr. Sylvain Vogel Year I, Semester I In this course, students learn about word classes and focus on the structure of language as seen in the structure of language seen through the syntactic characteristics of their phrase constituents. Students explore word classes, their definitions, whether word classes are the same in all languages, and whether […]

MLN102 Lexicography and Lexicology

Dr. Prum Maol Year I, Semester I In this course, students learn about the use of words, and their meanings. Students focus on the theory and methodology of meaning analysis, and consider the methodology that is used in dictionaries. Students also learn how to describe lexical items including microstructure and macrostructure; how to define lexical […]

MLN101 Semantics

Dr. Chan Somnoble Year I, Semester I This course complements the Lexicography and Lexicology subject, taken simultaneously. Students discuss the different approaches to the study the problem of the emergence of meaning in language proposed by various linguistic schools. As part of this, students explore the meaning of sentences, sentence constituents, and compare polysemy to […]