MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Arts Graduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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Copyright © Monash University 1996
ISBN 1320-6222
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Department of Linguistics
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; 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.
EDINA EISIKOVITS sociolinguistics; Australian english; psycholinguistics; child
language acquisition; language and literary development.
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.
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.
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 Mark Newbrook
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
+ ALM5460.12 Special topic in appliedlLinguistics
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 Mark Newbrook
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 requirements
Applicants are required to have a pass bachelors degree with a major sequence
in linguistics or a major sequence in English or a language.
Subjects
+ ALD4110.12 General linguistics (see ALM4110.12)
+ ALD4120.12 Applied linguistics (see ALM4120.12)
+ ALD4130.12 Language in society (see ALM4130.12)
+ ALD4140.12 Special topic (see ALM4150.12)
Library facilities
The Monash University library holdings of books and journals on linguistics are
extensive. There is also a small departmental library.
Other resources
The department has a phonetics laboratory equipped with a Kay Elemetrics
Sona-Graph phonetic analysis system using a CSL package permitting
spectrographic analysis, waveform analysis, etc.
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