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 158-207 Chinese Linguistics

Note

Available as 158-307 at 3rd-year level.

Credit Points

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator

Dr Wu Yunji

Prerequisites

Chinese 2B or equivalent.

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 2,000 words; homework not exceeding 1,000 words.

Prescribed Texts
  • Jerry Norman, Chinese. Cambridge, 1988.
  • P. Trudgill, Sociolinguistics: An Introduction. Penguin, 1974.
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