Undergraduate Studies in Linguistics
We changed the structure of the Linguistics major in 2005. The new major structure allows students more flexibility. We have also introduced some exciting new units in the area of language endangerment.
- Requirements for a Major or a Minor in Linguistics
- Units offered in 2009 and 2010
- School-wide options
Requirements for a Major or a Minor in Linguistics
The course of study for the Bachelor of Arts (a total of 144 points) includes:
- an arts major (normally 48 points)
- an arts minor (normally 24 points)
- another first-year arts sequence (12 points)
- another 12 points of Arts at any year level
(1-4) total 96 points. Additional points may be taken in disciplines inside or outside the Faculty of Arts. A minimum of 36 points must be taken at third-year level.
Major sequence
A major sequence in Linguistics consists of the 1st Year sequence LIN1010 and LIN1020
(or, if taken prior to 2001, LIN1030 and LIN1040)plus
12 or 18 points (two or three units) at 2nd Year level and
18 or 24 points (three or four units) at 3rd Year level
Minor sequence
A minor sequence in Linguistics consists of the 1st Year sequence LIN1010 and LIN1020
(or, if taken prior to 2001, LIN1030 and LIN1040)plus
12 points (two units) at 2nd or 3rd Year level
Students are encouraged to consider enrolling in at least a one year study of a language.
It is expected that students who MAJOR IN LINGUISTICS will have (or have had) the experience of learning or acquiring a language other than their first language. Students who do not otherwise meet this expectation should take LIN2370 /3370 Aboriginal languages of Australia OR LIN2070 /3070 Eastern Austronesian languages (next offered in 2007) as part of their major sequence.
Students majoring in Linguistics will have passed at least one unit from each of the following four groups, totalling 24 points in all. The other two units (12 points) may come from any of the four groups.
Group 1: Structure
- LIN2070 /3070 Eastern Austronesian languages of Indonesia, East Timor and Oceania
- LIN2090 /3090 Syntax: Grammatical Structure, Typology and Universals
- LIN2370 /3370 Aboriginal Languages of Australia
- LIN2510/3510 Structure of English
Group 2: Sound and Meaning
- LIN2110 /3110 Phonetics and Phonology
- LIN2310 /3310 Semantics: the Study of Meaning in Human Languages
- LIN2330 /3330 Pragmatics: Strategies for Communication
- LIN2570 /3570 The Analysis of Discourse: Texts, Narrative and Society
Group 3: Language and Society
- LIN2080 /3080 Language Across Time
- LIN2190 /3190 History and Sociolinguistics of English
- LIN2350 /3350 Sociolinguistics
- LIN2390 /3390 Language and Identity
- LIN3030 /4030 Issues in Language Endangerment
Group 4: Applications
- LIN2430 /3430 Psycholinguistics and Child Language Acquisition
- LIN2160 /3160 Managing Intercultural Communication
- LIN2490 /3490 Literacies and Communication: Education, Media and Cyberspace
- LIN2550 /3550 Second Language Acquisition & Attrition
- LIN3180 Data Management for Linguists
- LIN3050 /4050 Developing language maintenance programs
- LIN3040 /4040 Researching and documenting languages
- LIN3060 /4060 Working with Linguistic Archival Materials
Students will take the additional 6 points at 2nd/3rd year level.
Undergraduate units in Linguistics, 2009 and 2010
2009 - Semester 1
Most second/third year units are offered alternate years:
those units not offered in 2009 will be offered in 2010; those offered in 2009 will once again be available in 2011.
FX = available in flexible mode.
On campus
- LIN1010 The Language Game [FX]
- LIN2090/LIN3090 Syntax
- LIN2160/LIN3160 Managing Intercultural Communication
- LIN2190/LIN3190 History and Sociolinguistics of English
- LIN2310/LIN3310 Semantics [FX]
- LIN2390/LIN3390 Language and Identity [FX]
- LIN3030 Issues in Language Endangerment concurrent with part of
- LIN4050 Issues in Language Endangerment & Maintenance
- LIN4740 Linguistic Theory
Off-campus Learning (OCL)
- ALM4110/ALMX411 General Linguistics
- ALM4150/ALM5150/ALMX415 Research Design
- ALM5230/ALMX523 Bilingualism
- ALM5370/ALMX537 Discourse Analysis
- ALM5390/ALMX539 Language and Identity [FX]
2009 - Semester 2
On campus
- LIN1020 Describing and Analysing Language
- LIN2070/LIN3070 Eastern Austronesian Languages
- LIN2330/LIN3330 Pragmatics: Strategies for Communication
- LIN2490/LIN3490 Literacies and Communication [FX]
- LIN4040 Researching Language Endangerment
- LIN4070/LIN5070 Intercultural Communication
- ALM5250 Second Language Acquisition [FX]
Off-campus Learning (OCL)
- LIN3370/LIN4370 Researching and documenting languages
- ALM4130/ALM5130/ALMX413 Language in Society
- ALM5250/ALMX525 Second Language Acquisition
- ALM5270/ALMX527 Literacy
- ALM4350/ALM5350/ALMX453 World Englishes
2010 - Semester 1
Most second/third year units are offered alternate years:
those units not offered in 2010 will be offered in 2011; those offered in 2010 will once again be available in 2012.
FX = available in flexible mode.
On campus
- LIN1010 The Language Game [FX]
- LIN2110/LIN3110 Phonetics and Phonology
- LIN2510/LIN3510 Structure of English
- LIN2350/LIN3350 Sociolinguistics [FX]
- LIN2570/LIN3570 Discourse Analysis [FX]
- LIN3030 Issues in Language Endangerment concurrent with part of
- LIN4050 Issues in Language Endangerment & Maintenance
- LIN4740 Linguistic Theory
Off-campus Learning (OCL)
- ALM4110/ALMX411 General Linguistics
- ALM4150/ALM5150/ALMX415 Research Design
- ALM5230/ALMX523 Bilingualism
- ALM5370/ALMX537 Discourse Analysis
2010 - Semester 2
On campus
- LIN1020 Describing and Analysing Language [FX]
- LIN2080/LIN3080 Language Across Time
- LIN2550/LIN3550 Second Language Acquisition & Attrition
- ALM4250/LIN5250 Second Language Acquisition [FX]
- LIN2430/LIN3430 Psycholinguistics and Child Language
- LIN2370/LIN3370 Aboriginal Languages of Australia
- LIN3180 Computational Linguistics
- LIN4040 Researching Language Endangerment
- ALM4150 Research Design