LIN2530

Languages in contact

(ART)

Proposed to be offered next in 2001

Michael Clyne

8 points + 3 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton

Synopsis: Language contact theory and its application in Australia and elsewhere. Transference and code-switching, Bilingualism. Language maintenance and shift. Language policy. Field work. Students will be able to specialise, in their assignment work, in either Australian or overseas language contact questions.

Assessment: Written assignment (3000 words): 40% + Class test (2 hours): 30% + Class exercises: 30%