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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Linguistics and Applied Linguistics

175-318/418 Linguistic Field Methods

Availability:

Not offered in 1997.

Credit Points:

16.7 3rd and 4th year

Coordinator:

Jean Mulder

Prerequisite/s:

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.

Subject Description:

An analysis of an unknown language, working from scratch with a native speaker. In particular, students learn the main techniques for conducting such an analysis and apply these techniques in consultation sessions with an actual speaker. They develop their skills in identifying and describing the linguistic characteristics of different languages, through detailed work on one language.

Assessment:

Practical assignment problems and an analytical paper, totalling 5000 words.
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