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 110-087 Peoples and Languages of Indonesia

Note

Formerly available as 150-436. Students who have completed 150-436 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

To be advised

Prerequisites

Admission to combined Honours in Indonesian or Fourth Year Honours in Anthropology.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

A 2.5-hour seminar per week

Subject Description

This subject includes a survey of the ethnic and linguistic diversity of Indonesia in its Southeast Asian and Oceanic context. Topics include: Southeast Asian prehistory, ecology and geography; language classifications and typologies; language change; semantic change; mythic histories and hierarchy in social organisation; metaphor, ritual language and cultural classifications. Students who complete the subject should be equipped with a practical knowledge of problems and possibilities in combining linguistic and anthropological theories and methods, and their complementarity.

Assessment

Written work totalling 4000 words for 3rd year, 5000 words for 4th year.

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