UNSW Handbook Course - Theoretical and Descriptive Linguistics

Theoretical and Descriptive Linguistics - LING3003


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: Linguistics
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: 12 units of credit at the LING2000 level; Excluded: LING2500 and LING3900
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)

Description

Examines the various schools and movements in linguistics, including traditional approaches to language study, structural linguistics, generative linguistics, typological linguistics, functional linguistics and cognitive linguistics. Introduces students to some of the main theoretical and descriptive issues in contemporary linguistics.

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