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LING 3020 - Perspectives on Language Variation & Change

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 6
Term: 4220
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 3 hours per week face-to-face + up to 6 on-line activity (MOOCS)
Restriction: Available to students undertaking a Linguistics Major only
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: No
Available for Non-Award Study: No
Pre-Requisite: At least 15 units of Linguistics Major courses
Assumed Knowledge: LING 1101, LING 1102
Assessment: Linguistic practical (eg comparative method or text analysis) 20%, Oral presentation 20%, Research report 60%
Syllabus:

This is the capstone course for the Linguistics Major. All languages vary internally in accordance with a range of parameters including the gender, age, social class, occupation, origins etc. of their speakers. Most languages have distinct regional and social varieties. They also vary according to the contexts in which they are used and the purposes for which they are employed. All living languages constantly change over time in response to innovations introduced by younger generations, technological change or contact with other languages or with other varieties of the same language. Drawing on descriptive and analytic skills developed during their undergraduate study of linguistics, students will undertake independent study of language variation and change, assembling their own body of data either through archival, library, internet research or field research.

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6
0.25
          
  


Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
4220 Mon 08/08/2022 Wed 17/08/2022 Fri 16/09/2022 Fri 28/10/2022


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
20113 LE02 10 3 27 Jul - 14 Sep Wednesday 2pm - 3pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
5 Oct - 26 Oct Wednesday 2pm - 3pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
24219 LE01 20 11 27 Jul - 14 Sep Wednesday 2pm - 3pm Lower Napier, LG18, Teaching Room
5 Oct - 26 Oct Wednesday 2pm - 3pm Lower Napier, LG18, Teaching Room
Related Class: Seminar
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
20114 SE02 10 5 29 Jul - 16 Sep Friday 2pm - 4pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
7 Oct - 28 Oct Friday 2pm - 4pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
24220 SE01 20 9 29 Jul - 16 Sep Friday 2pm - 4pm Lower Napier, LG11, Teaching Room
7 Oct - 28 Oct Friday 2pm - 4pm Lower Napier, LG11, Teaching Room