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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Chinese

158-207/307 Chinese Linguistics

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Dr Wu Yunji

Prerequisite/s:

Chinese 2B or equivalent.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

Two lectures and one tutorial per week

Subject Description:

A linguistic approach to Chinese. In this subject students will learn how to apply the principles of general and social linguistics to the analysis of Chinese; analyse some major linguistic characteristics of Chinese in the areas of phonology, morphology and syntax; conduct investigations on Chinese dialects; and transcribe Chinese material using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Assessment:

One written examination (2 hours); assignments not exceeding 2000 words; homework not exceeding 1000 words.

Prescribed Texts:

  • Jerry Norman, Chinese, Cambridge, 1988.
  • Ralph Fasold, Sociolinguistics of Languages, Blackwell, 1990.
  • P. Trudgill, Sociolinguistics: An Introduction, Penguin, 1974.
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