Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 129)
Linguistics subject : Next:175-323 | Prev:175-317 | Search | Help
Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7 3rd and 4th years
Coordinator: Jean Mulder.
Pre/Corequisite: 175-210/310 Phonetics and Phonology, 211/311 Syntactic Description and Typology.
Contact: Four hours a week of lectures and practical sessions with a consultant.
Objectives:
By the end of the subject, students should:
- be familiar with the main techniques for analysing an unknown language, working from scratch with a native speaker;
- be able to apply these techniques in consultation sessions with an actual speaker;
- develop their skills in identifying and describing the linguistic characteristics of different languages, through detailed work on one language.
Content:
Analysis of an unknown language, working from scratch with a native speaker.
Assessment:
Practical assignment problems and an analytical paper, totalling 5,000 words.
Linguistics subject : Next:175-323 | Prev:175-317 | Search | Help
Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 129)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
Maintained by: Dept. of Linguistics & Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Arts.
Copyright © University of Melbourne 1995,1996.