Structure of Aboriginal Languages

This subject is not offered in 2016.

170 hours

LING20006 Syntax and Phonetics.

If not admitted to Honours or the Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) in Applied Linguistics, students are recommended to have contacted the subject coordinator prior to enrolling in the subject.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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This subject is an investigation of the phonological, grammatical and semantic features of Australian Aboriginal languages. We will look in detail at Australian Aboriginal languages from a typological perspective, consider a range of characteristic linguistic features, and explore the ways in which they have contributed to linguistic theory and debate.

On successful completion of this subject, students should:

• be familiar with phonological, grammatical and semantic features of Australian Aboriginal languages;
• appreciate the complexities of Australian indigenous languages;
• understand the relevance of Australian indigenous languages to linguistic typology and theory.

• Assignments totalling 2500 words due during semester [50%]
• A 2500-word paper due at the end of semester [50%]

Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of tutorials in order to pass this subject. All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject.

Note: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 10% per working day. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked.

A reading pack will be made available

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Students who successfully complete this subject should:

• be able to analyse unfamiliar systems;
• discover order in the unfamiliar;
• be able to present clear, logical analyses of complex systems;
• be able to use evidence to refine hypotheses.