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LING450 The Design of Language

Updated: 15 November 2006
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 On line
Online level Level E - Wholly online unit
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam None
Pre-requisites candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions LING 100 or 102
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Brett Baker (bbaker2@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit is about how human language works as a system of communication. Students learn the basic analytical concepts and skills needed to understand and describe the internal design of human language in general. They also learn to analyse the sound systems, meanings, word formation and sentence patterns of particular languages. Examples are drawn from English and other languages of Asia, Europe, and Oceania. Web access is required.

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.
   

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