Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

School

Lang & Comp Cultural Stus

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Class hours

4 Contact hours

Incompatible

LING2025

Prerequisite

LING1000 + LING1005 and two advanced (second or third) level courses listed in the Major/Double Major in Linguistics

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment and final project.

Course enquiries

Dr I Mushin

Study Abroad

This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 2, 2024 (22/07/2024 - 18/11/2024) St Lucia In Person Profile unavailable

Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.

Course description

This course examines one Australian Aboriginal language in some detail, comparing it with other Australian languages and with English. Topics include the phonology and grammar, the way meaning is encoded, socio-linguistic variation and linguistic behaviour, language change, working with language speakers and historical documents. Both spoken and written language sources are studied. This course may be cancelled if there are fewer than 20 enrolments.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 2, 2023 (24/07/2023 - 18/11/2023) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 2, 2022 (25/07/2022 - 19/11/2022) St Lucia Intensive Course Profile
Semester 2, 2021 (26/07/2021 - 20/11/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2021 (26/07/2021 - 20/11/2021) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2020 (24/02/2020 - 11/07/2020) St Lucia Intensive Course Profile
Semester 1, 2018 (19/02/2018 - 23/06/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2016 (29/02/2016 - 25/06/2016) St Lucia Internal Course Profile