FOUNDATIONS OF LANGUAGE
LIN1FOL
2021
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
What is language? Where did it come from, how do we learn it, and what do we use it for? This subject introduces students to a range of basic topics in the study of language: how to define language, the basic units of language (speech sounds, words, meaning, sentences), language in the brain, how to distinguish languages from dialects, how language might have evolved, how children and adults acquire language, how and why languages change, and how language conveys social and cultural meaning.
SchoolHumanities and Social Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorLauren Gawne
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 1 - UG
Available as ElectiveYes
Learning ActivitiesOnline exercises, assignments, tutorial discussions.
Capstone subjectNo
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PrerequisitesN/A
Co-requisitesN/A
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Assumed knowledgeN/A
Learning resources
For the Love of Language: An Introduction to Linguistics
Resource TypeBook
Resource RequirementPrescribed
AuthorKate Burridge, Tonya Stebbins
Year2015
Edition/VolumeN/A
PublisherCambridge University Press
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Career Ready
Career-focusedNo
Work-based learningNo
Self sourced or Uni sourcedN/A
Entire subject or partial subjectN/A
Total hours/days requiredN/A
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Melbourne (Bundoora), 2021, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorLauren Gawne
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.00 hour lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
TutorialWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.00 hours tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
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Four online quizzes (500 word equivalent each) | Quizzes | Individual | No | 40 | SILO1, SILO3 |
Research assignment based on materials located in the library (1,500 words) | Assignment | Individual | No | 30 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO4 |
Research assignment based on fieldwork (1,500 words) | Assignment | Individual | No | 30 | SILO1, SILO3, SILO4 |