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 175-214 Language in Aboriginal Australia

Note

Available as 175-314 at 3rd-year level.

Availability

Not offered in 1998.

Credit Points

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator

Peter Austin

Prerequisites

12.5 points of Linguistics at first-year level or Departmental approval.

Contact

Two lectures and a tutorial a week

Subject Description

The role of language in Aboriginal Australia traditionally and today. By the end of the subject students should have developed an appreciation of the role of language in Aboriginal Australia, traditionally and today; have a general knowledge of the linguistic features which tend to characterise Australian Aboriginal languages, including characteristics of grammar and pronunciation; understand the ways in which social factors affect language structure and use in Aboriginal Australia.

Assessment

Three assignment problems, an essay and a take-home examination, totalling 5000 words.

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