units

ATS3679

Faculty of Arts

Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2012 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Arts
OfferedClayton First semester 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Dr Anna Margetts

Notes

Previously coded LIN3430

Synopsis

The first part of the unit traces the development of child language from pre-speech to the later stages of acquisition, including the development of communicative competence. It examines the development of the child's phonological, syntactic, morphological and semantic system and attempts to account for this development by considering various linguistic models and theories. The second part of the unit focuses on the comprehension and production of speech. Experimental evidence are examined in order to determine the psychological validity of the various models and theories which have been proposed to describe the process involved in comprehending and producing speech.

Outcomes

As for ATS2679 and in addition a deeper understanding of the theoretical issues involved in the study of psycholinguistics and child language acquisition.

Assessment

Assignments (3000 words): 55%
Class Presentation: 20%
Examination (1 hour): 25%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Anna Margetts

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Linguistics

Prerequisites

A second-year sequence in Linguistics.

Prohibitions

ATS2679