12.5 1st year Dr Kate Burridge. No special prerequisite. It is not necessary to know a language other than English to study Linguistics. First semester Two lectures and a tutorial a week. Students completing this subject should:

• have a general understanding of the nature of human language;
• have begun to develop skills for describing and analyzing languages;
• have gained a conceptual framework for thinking about and discussing language.
• have gained a broad familiarity with the history and structure of English.

The origins and history of English, grammar and meaning, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, Australian English, dialects and accents of English, and pidgins and creoles; selected topics in applied linguistics. Three problem-solving assignments, a 2000-word essay and a take-home examination paper, totalling 4,000 words. Kaplan English grammar: principles and facts. Pyles and Algeo The origins and development of the English language.