LIN1040

Describing and analysing language and communication

(ART)

Joanne Winter

6 points + Clayton, distance + Second semester + Prohibition: LIN1040, LIN1010 or LIN1040, LIN1020

Synopsis: An introduction to theoretical and descriptive frameworks adopted in the analysis of language. Speech sounds and their organisation in linguistic systems; words and sentences and their constituents, sentence structures and the analysis of word, sentence and utterance meaning. Application of the analytic and descriptive tools to historical processes and language change over time.

Assessment: Four short assignments (850 words each): 60% + Exam (1 hour): 40%