Linguistics is the study of human language: how we use language to communicate; how languages vary and change across time and space; and how we learn and process language. This minor aims to introduce students to how language works and the roles language plays in human society through the most linguistically diverse region of the world: Asia and the Pacific. The minor builds on an introduction to the study of linguistics and an introduction to the languages of Asia and the Pacific, and allows for further study of different sub-fields in linguistics with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region. An understanding of how language works can be a useful adjunct to many areas of study, including any foreign language, literature, anthropology, philosophy, computer science, or psychology.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand how people use languages to communicate and the roles of language in human society.
- Understand and evaluate basic linguistic concepts and models, and how they are applicable to languages in the Asia and Pacific region.
- Conduct basic linguistic analysis of a range of language data.
- Identify and critique popular views on language use and language diversity in the Asia and Pacific region.
Other Information
Students with previous “language experience or exposure” are required to take a language proficiency assessment to ensure enrolment at the most appropriate level.
Relevant past experience includes:
- Previous study of the language (both formal and informal, for example, but not limited to, at school, or, home, or through online activities, etc.)
- Being exposed to the language in childhood via a family member or friend
- Travel or living in a country where the language is spoken
- The language being spoken in your home (even if you do not speak it yourself)
Students who are not sure if they need to take a proficiency assessment should seek advice from the course or language convenor.
Students who intentionally misrepresent their language proficiency level may be investigated under the Academic Integrity Rule 2021 as having failed to comply with assessment directions and having sought unfair advantage. This may result in a penalty such as reduced grades or failure of the course.
Students are not permitted to enrol in a language course below one that they have already successfully completed, except with permission of the language and/or course convenor.
Areas of Interest
- Asian Languages
- Cultural Studies
- Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
- Pacific Studies
- Asia Pacific Studies
- Language Studies
- Asia-Pacific Studies
- Linguistics
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This minor requires 24 units, which consist of:
6 units from completion of the following compulsory course:
LING1001 Language unlocked: An introduction to linguistics
6 units from one version of the following applied language course:
ASIA2001 Language in Asia and the Pacific
ASIA2103 Language in Asia and the Pacific (L)
A minimum of 6 units from completion of area courses from the following list:
ASIA2308 Linguistic Histories in Asia and the Pacific
ASIA2100 Linguistic Histories in Asia and the Pacific (L)
JPNS2024 Japanese Grammar and Expressions
JPNS3012 Teaching Japanese: Content
JPNS3014 Teaching Japanese: Method
LING2017 Chinese Linguistics
LING2028 Japanese Linguistics
LING2111 Indonesian and Interdisciplinary Linguistics (L)
A maximum of 6 units from completion of discipline courses from the following list:
LING2021 Cross-cultural communication
LING2018 Languages in Contact
LING2005 Language Across Time
LING2003 Grammar of the world's languages
LING2010 Sounds of the World’s Languages: Phonetics and Phonology
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