LING6070
10 units
6000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course explores ways in which culturally situated concepts, values, traditions, and communicative practices are expressed in and through languages and linguistic structures, including non-Indo-European and Australian Indigenous languages. The expression of cultural meanings is examined at the level of word meanings, grammatical constructions, discourse structures, and norms of conversational interaction. The course considers ways of analysing miscommunication in cross-cultural interaction, and cross-cultural translation issues.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 2 - 2024
Online
- Semester 2 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate awareness of ways in which cultural diversity is encoded in language;
2. Describe relationships between linguistic communication and cultural contexts;
3. Determine underlying causes of problems in cross-cultural communication and translation;
4. Critique different approaches to the study of cross-cultural interaction.
5. Integrate knowledge of cross-cultural differences into the practice of translation.
6. Apply your knowledge of the research process to contribute to a research project
Content
The course explores ways in which language embodies cultural differences, and investigates problems and principles in the study of cross-cultural communication. Topics to be covered include the following:
- Words, meanings and cultural values: how vocabulary can give insight into culture;
- Ethnosyntax: intersections between grammar and culture;
- Ethnopragmatics: cultural norms in conversational interaction;
- Cultural values and issues in describing and translating them;
- Linguistic and cultural dimensions of metaphor;
- Analysis of miscommunication, and success factors in cross-cultural interaction and translation.
Assessment items
Essay: 6 x short essays after guest lec
Case Study / Problem Based Learning: 2500 word case study
Presentation: Presentation (Callaghan) / online posting & discussion (Online)
Participation: Research Participation
Contact hours
Semester 2 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Semester 2 - 2024 - Online
Lecture-1
- Online 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s)
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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