Global Utilities

Linguistics Program

Undergraduate Studies

Bachelor of Arts
First Year Units
Second/Third Year Units
Bachelor of Arts (HONS)

Bachelor of Arts

To qualify for a major in linguistics, a student must take 130 credit points in the discipline. The 130 credit points must normally include two first year units: The Nature of Language and Communication A and The Nature of Language and Communication B, the second-year units: Language in Society, Phonetics and Phonology, and the third-year units Semantics and Syntax. In Linguistics, all first-year units are valued at 15 credit points, and second/third-year subjects are valued at 20 credit points.

Students who wish to satisfy the degree requirements by taking two sequences, one of which is in linguistics, are required to take 110 credit points in linguistics. These must include two first year units and at least four half-units at third year level.

2009
For unit descriptions, booklists etc. search the Unit Database by typing in the unit code. These descriptions should help you to choose a unit that suits your interests.

Not all units are available each year.

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First year units 2009
Core Units

LIN1NLA: The Nature of Language & Communication A - 1st semester
(Coordinator: Dr Catherine Easton)

LIN1NLB: The Nature of Language & Communication B - 2nd semester
(Coordinator: Dr Tonya Stebbins)

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Second year units 2009
Core Units

LIN2PHP: Phonetics and Phonology: the sounds of language - 1st semester
(Coordinator: Dr Olga Maxwell)

LIN2LIS/LIN3LIS: Language in Society
2nd semester
(Coordinator: Dr David Bradley )

Third year units 2009

Core Units

LIN2SYN/LIN3SYN: Syntax: the relationship between meaning & structure - 1st semester
(Coordinator: Dr Alec Coupe)

LIN2SEM/LIN3SEM: Semantics & Pragmatics: the relationship between meaning & use
2nd semester
(Coordinator: Prof. Randy LaPolla)

Other available units 2009

LIN2CCC/LIN3CCC: Intercultural Communication - 1st semester
(Coordinator: Lesley Lee-Wong)

LIN2LIA/LIN3LIA: Language in Asia
2nd semester
(Coordinator: Dr David Bradley)

LIN2APH/3APH: Advanced Phonology
2nd semester
(Coordinator: Dr Marija Tabain)

LIN3ASL: Advanced Sociolinguistics
1st semester
(Coordinator: Dr Catherine Easton)

LIN3MPS: Morphosyntax
1st semester
(Coordinator: Dr Gerd Jendraschek)

Subjects not offered 2009

LIN2DAS/LIN3DAS: Discourse Analysis
(Coordinator: Dr Tonya Stebbins)

LIN2EUG/LIN3EUG: English: A User's Guide
(Coordinator: Dr Tonya Stebbins)

LIN2/3LAT: Language Across Time
(Coordinator: Dr David Bradley)

LIN3ADP: Advanced Phonetics
(Coordinator: Dr Marija Tabain)

LIN2LFW: Language Families of the World
(Coordinator: Dr David Bradley)

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Bachelor of Arts (HONS)

The Honours fourth year is intended to give students the opportunity to pursue their interests more deeply, through both subject work and a research thesis.

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