The Use of Language - ARTS1691
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School: School of Humanities and Languages
Course Outline: School of Humanities & Languages
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Excluded: LING5037
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
Available for General Education: Yes (more info)
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Description
Subject Area: Linguistics
You will examine how contemporary linguists address issues of language use. You will explore topics such as the nature of human communication, the influence of social attitudes on language, first and second language acquisition and development, the historical development of languages, and language universals and language typology. You will also explore regional and situational variation in language. You will have the opportunity to work with and analyse real linguistic data.
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