Master's degree in Language Sciences (SDL)

It enables its students to acquire solid theoretical knowledge and methodological skills, while providing in-depth linguistic training on an oriental language within Inalco's remit. Co-accredited with Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3 (Master LLTS), it is designed for students wishing to deepen their linguistic reflection by confronting it with the diversity of languages.

Master's supervisor: Outi DUVALLON
Training (administrative) supervisor: Bassir HAMID
Pedagogical manager: Lucie TAILLARD

Courses for the 2024-2025 academic year

The Master SDL brochures, with course descriptions, are available below.

The timetable for common courses (without language prerequisites) of the SDL master's degree assured at Inalco can be consulted at: https://planning.inalco.fr/public (enter SDL in the "name entry" space, choose the year M1 or M2, then click on a week when there are classes to see the timetable displayed).

Please note: Intensive training courses given outside class periods do not necessarily appear online and should be checked in the brochures. The timetable for language or linguistics courses specific to a given geolinguistic area can be found by entering the name of the language then the level (M1, M2) then the week worked on. You can find descriptions of these courses in the downloadable brochures on this page.

The timetable for courses run at USN is available here.

First semester

From Monday, September 16, 2024 to Saturday, December 21, 2024 (Inalco)
From Monday, September 23, 2024 to Saturday, December 21, 2024 (USN)
First semester exams: Monday, January 8 to Tuesday, January 21, 2025 (Inalco)

Second semester

Monday, January 27, 2025 to Saturday, May 17, 2025 (Inalco)
Monday, January 20, 2025 to Friday, May 2, 2025 (USN)
Second semester exams: Monday, May 19 to Monday, June 2, 2025 (Inalco)
Catch-up session: Monday, June 23 to Saturday, July 5, 2025 (Inalco)

Students enrolled at USN and wishing to take a course provided at Inalco

You must (after your administrative registration at USN and obtaining your student number) make a complementary administrative registration (free of charge) at Inalco, then contact the SDL master's pedagogical secretariat at Inalco (secretariat.sdl@inalco.fr) for your pedagogical registration. You will then be able to access the Moodle platform, receive various information on course modalities, and at the end of the semester consult your grades on Inalco's ENT.

Intensive training 2024-2025

Formalizing languages with NooJ
Intensive training from January 6 to 10, 2025 at Inalco's Maison de la Recherche.

FieldLing Intensive Seminar - International School in Linguistic Fieldwork
16th edition of FieldLing, an introductory seminar in field linguistics, organized by LLACAN (UMR 8135), SeDyL (UMR8202) and LACITO (UMR 7107).
September 2-6, 2024 at Inalco.
Registrations: fieldling.sciencesconf.org

SocioMuL intensive seminar "Sociolinguistics of Multilingualism" in the form of a summer school.
From September 2 to 6, 2024 at Inalco.
Pre-registrations: sociomul.sciencesconf.org