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Theoretical and Descriptive Linguistics - LING3003
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Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 12 units of credit at the LING2000 level
 
 
Equivalent: LING2500, LING3900
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

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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