Languages in contact
M Clyne
8 points * 3 hours per week * First semester * Clayton
This subject considers language contact theory and its application in Australia and South-East Asia, transference and code-switching, bilingualism, language maintenance and shift, language policy, pidgins and creoles, and field work. Students will be able to specialise, in their assignment work, in either Australian or Malaysian/Singapore questions.
Assessment
Written assignment (4000 words): 40% * Class test (2 hours): 30% * Class exercises: 30%
Prescribed texts
Appel R and Muysken P Bilingualism and language contact Edward Arnold, 1987
Clyne M Community languages: The Australian experience CUP, 1991