Languages in contact
M Clyne
8 points
* 3 hours per week
* Second semester
* Clayton
Objectives Students successfully completing this subject should have understood the processes of language change and the complexities of multilingualism and be able to carry out empirical research on language contact in contexts meaningful to them.
Synopsis 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 second year Written assignment (4000 words): 40%
* Class
test (2 hours): 30%
* Class exercises: 30%
Assessment third year Written assignment (4000 words) 40%
* Class
test (2 hours): 30%
* Class paper: 30%
* Third-year students will
complete additional reading and assignment work.
Prescribed texts
Appel R and Muysken P Bilingualism and language contact Edward Arnold, 1987
Clyne M Community languages: The Australian experience CUP, 1991
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