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110-087 Peoples and Languages of Austronesia | |
Note | Formerly available as 150-436. Students who have completed 150-436 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 4th year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Assoc Prof K A Adelaar |
Prerequisites | Admission to combined Honours in Indonesian or fourth year Honours in Anthropology. |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Contact | One 2-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | This subject includes a survey of the anthropological and linguistic diversity of Southeast Asia and Oceania; notes on Southeast Asian prehistory, ecology and geography; linguistic classifications and typologies; linguistic change; semantic change. Mythic histories and hierarchy in social organisation, metaphor, ritual language and cultural classifications. Methodology in Austronesian comparative linguistics. Advanced students of Indonesian, anthropology and linguistics will acquire a practical knowledge of problems and possibilities in combining linguistic and anthropological theories and methods. They will be acquainted with the complementarity of anthropological and linguistic methods and theory. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 5000 words. |
Prescribed Texts | Source material will vary from year to year but in all cases will include reports of recent Australian research on Austronesia. |
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