School of Culture History and Language · ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
This is an advanced reading course for HDR students that explores major advances and debates in linguistics. The course aims to guide students through a range of key topics in linguistics through the lens of different theoretical perspectives and methodologies, and encourages students to consider the relevance and importance of their own research within the broader field of linguistics. The course involves in-depth reading, analysis and writing in an area broadly relevant to the students' thesis research.
Class participation
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3
Class presentations (two presentations of c. 30 minutes plus discussion and each worth 20%)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Essay (5,000 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Students are expected to complete 130 hours of study for this course, which includes: around 42 hours of class time and 88 hours of independent study on class preparation and assessment tasks.
This course has a wide range of different readings from both books and journals, and they will be made available from the course Wattle site.