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School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
The Romance family is one of the most widely-spoken and politically important language families, with historical written records going back over two millennia to the common linguistic ancestor, Latin. Given the vast number of living speakers and the richness of the historical record, this language family has formed an important test-bed for hypotheses about how languages differ and the way languages change over time, and for the development of linguistic theory. The goal of this course is to introduce students to the history and linguistic characteristics of the Romance family, which includes such languages as French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and other national, regional or contact-based languages and varieties. The course explores the history of the family, including sound change, grammatical change and contact, from Latin to the present day, and also covers key concepts relevant to the linguistics of Romance languages.
Test 1 (take-home)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Test 2 (take-home)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Research paper (2000 words for paper in English; 1500 words for a paper in an approved Romance language***)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Oral presentation of research paper (10 min, in English or an approved Romance language***)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Class engagement and participation
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 42 hours of contact over 12 weeks, including recorded/online and tutorial activities, and b) 88 hours of independent student research, reading and writing. Other Information Students wishing to count this subject towards their language major at ANU (e.g. Italian or Spanish major) must negotiate and agree on the language use for assessment with their corresponding language program convenor prior to the start of the course and let the convenor of this subject know in writing. Latin majors are expected to write their essays in English.
TBA on Wattle.