LING1111
10 units
1000 level
Course handbook
Description
This unit introduces students to the study of language, and what language reveals about the nature of human beings and human behaviour. It introduces the basic theoretical concepts in the structural and social analysis of language. It presents the different levels of structural analysis of language. It examines language acquisition, and geographical and social variation in language.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Discuss the nature of language as the human communication system.
2. Describe the different structural levels of language.
3. Apply the basic principles for the analysis of the different structural levels of language.
4. Discuss the range of synchronic variation in language.
5. Describe basic principles for the analysis of variation.
Content
Topics to be covered in this course include:
- The nature of language as a human communication system; linguistics as a discipline.
- Making speech sounds: Basic principles of phonetics.
- Sound systems of language: Basic principles of phonology.
- Parts of speech: Nouns, verbs, and other classes of words.
- Building words: Basic principles of morphology.
- Building sentences: Basic principles of syntax.
- Language acquisition: How children acquire their first language.
- Language in society: Social variation in language use; 'standard' and 'non-standard' varieties of English, contexts of language usage
Requisite
This course replaces LING1001. If you have successfully completed LING1001 you cannot enrol in this course.
Assessment items
Written Assignment: Written Assignments
Formal Examination: Formal Exam - closed book examination
Case Study / Problem Based Learning: Case Study
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 2
Course outline
- LING1111 - Semester 1, 2024 (Callaghan) (PDF, 212.8 KB)
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