Head: Professor Michael Clyne
Graduate studies coordinator: Dr Keith Allan
The discipline
Linguistics is the systematic study of the nature and the use of language. This involves examining the structure of languages, the uses of language, the ways in which languages differ and those properties which they have in common. Theories about language and its uses in society are studied and evaluated and various applications of linguistics and linguistic knowledge are discussed. Linguistics accepts suitably qualified candidates for the degrees of PhD, of MA in linguistics and of MA in applied linguistics. Linguistics also offers a Graduate Diploma of Arts (Applied Linguistics).
Members of staff and their fields of special interest
Keith Allan Semantics; pragmatics; cross-language discourse analysis; philosophy of linguistics.
Heather J Bowe Syntax and language typology; second language; second language acquisition; phonetics and phonology; linguistic issues in cross-cultural communication, especially in business; Aboriginal languages.
Michael G Clyne Bilingualism/language contact; language policy in Australia; sociolinguistics; second language acquisition; intercultural communication.
Peter Kipka Syntax; phonology; aspect; word and sentence level semantics; language acquisition; broader issues in cognitive science.
Heinz Kreutz Sociolinguistics; discourse analysis; language and the media; text-linguistics; political semantics.
Mark Newbrook Contemporary English dialects; English in Southeast Asia; language variation and change; dialectology.
Peter Paul Theoretical, Indo-European, Chinese and Turkish morphosyntax; linguistic theory in language teaching; communicative aspects of syntax; use of computers in linguistics research.
Anne Pauwels Bilingualism; language maintenance and shift; language and the sexes; language and discrimination; language and the professions; cross-cultural communication.
Joanne Winter Discourse analysis; discourse and society; language and gender; classroom discourse; metaphor.
Members of staff from other departments involved in the Master of Arts in applied linguistics and their fields of special interest
Jack L Burston (Department of Romance Languages) Computer-aided language learning.
Gordon Taylor (Language and Learning Unit) Error analysis; theory of composition; connections between language and the theory of knowledge.
PhD
Entry requirements
Candidates holding an appropriate MA degree or a BA honours, class 1, or the equivalent, may be enrolled for the degree of PhD. Candidates with a BA honours degree of other classes (or its equivalent) will be required to enrol first for the degree of MA but, subject to satisfactory progress, may transfer to PhD candidature
Master of Arts
The Department of Linguistics offers the Master of Arts (linguistics) as a research degree and the Master of Arts (applied linguistics) as a coursework degree.
MA by research
Coordinator: Dr Keith Allan
The MA may be taken as a research degree by thesis only or by thesis (75 per cent) and coursework. The coursework comprises LGM5010.12 (Topics in linguistics) (details available from the department).
Entry requirements:
Applicants with at least an honours degree with a grade of H1 or H2A, or the equivalent, and who have appropriate training in linguistics, can normally be admitted directly. Candidates who do not satisfy these entry requirements may be admitted after successfully completing Part I of the MA (applied linguistics).
MA by coursework
Master of Arts in applied linguistics
Coordinator: Dr Anne Pauwels
This course deals with applications of linguistics to professional and social contexts in which language plays a crucial role. Present offerings are particularly suited to teachers of English as a mother tongue, English as a second or foreign language and languages other than English, generalist primary school teachers, and those concerned with multicultural and language policies. Other applications of linguistics (for example in the media, business and industry) are also dealt with. The course can be undertaken by full-time or part-time study.
Entry requirements:
Applicants should hold at least a pass bachelors degree with a major sequence in linguistics or a major sequence in English or another language, with results at least at credit standard in the third part of the major sequence. Applicants holding an appropriate honours degree with a grade of H2B or above, or the equivalent, may be exempt from all or part of the MA Part I program.
MA Part I
MA Part I consists of four of the following subjects:
* ALM4110.12 General linguistics
* ALM4120.12 Applied linguistics
* ALM4130.12 Language in society
* ALM4150.12 Research design in applied linguistics
* ALM4160.12 Advanced German
* ALM4170.06 Advanced Chinese 1*
* ALM4180.06 Advanced Chinese 2*
* Note: ALM4170.06 and ALM4180.06 are considered one subject.
MA Part II
MA Part II consists of four of the following subjects:
* ALM5200.12 Language in society
* ALM5210.12 Language and learning
* ALM5220.12 Research design in applied linguistics
* ALM5230.12 Bilingualism
* ALM5250.12 Second language acquisition
* ALM5270.12 Literacy
* ALM5290.12 Child language acquisition
* ALM5310.12 Computer-aided language learning
* ALM5350.12 English in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
* ALM5370.12 Discourse analysis
* ALM5390.12 Language and gender
* ALM5410.12 Research project
* ALM5450.12 Issues in computational linguistics
It will be possible to take an appropriate subject from another course instead of one of the above subjects. For details, contact the coordinator of the MA in applied linguistics
Graduate Diploma of Arts (Applied Linguistics)
Coordinator: Dr Anne Pauwels
This is a course in applied linguistics comprising the four subjects listed below. The course should be of value to English and second language teachers and to anyone with a serious interest in language issues.
Entry requirement
Applicants are required to have a pass bachelors degree with a major sequence in linguistics or a major sequence in English or a language.