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 110-049 Chinese Linguistics

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr Wu Yunji

Prerequisites

Chinese 2B or equivalent.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week, and a 1-hour lecture every second week

Subject Description

This subject forms a linguistic approach to Chinese. By the end of the subject students should know how to apply the principles of general linguistics to the analysis of Chinese; analyse some major linguistic characteristics of Chinese in the areas of phonology, morphology and syntax; conduct investigations into Chinese dialects; and transcribe Chinese material using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Assessment

A 2-hour examination and assignments and homework totalling 2000 words.

Prescribed Texts

  • J Norman, Chinese. Cambridge University Press, 1988.


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