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LING330 Language in Multilingual Societies
Updated: 15 November 2006| Credit Points | 6 |
| Offering | Not offered in 2007 |
| Online level | Level C - Internet access required |
| Intensive School(s) | None |
| Supervised Exam | There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled. |
| Pre-requisites | LING 102 or 100 or 450 |
| Co-requisites | None |
| Restrictions | LING 230 |
| Notes | None |
| Combined Units | None |
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| Unit Description |
This unit covers the sociolinguistics of multilingual societies and the linguistic results of contact between language varieties. Specific topics include multilingualism, code-switching, convergence and diffusion, language maintenance and shift, pidgin and creole languages, dialect leveling and the development of new varieties. |
| Prescribed Material Mandatory |
Textbook information is only available from 2008 units onwards. |
| Recommended Material Optional |
Textbook information is only available from 2008 units onwards. |
| Disclaimer | Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester. |