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Subject details
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- • Syntax.
- • Morphology.
- • Grammar.
- • Typology.
- • Linguistic diversity.
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
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Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed LIN3SYN (Syntax: The Relationship Between Meaning and Structure) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
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The world's extraordinary linguistic diversity is under threat, and the sustainability of the many smaller languages of the world is an urgent issue. In this subject we examine the diversity of human language and the extent of diversity in syntactic structures. Deeper knowledge of the complex interactions expressed by linguistic diversity will assist you to understand the challenges facing the sustainability of our existing linguistic diversity. You will learn the skills needed to describe the syntactic structures of languages and thus help contribute to sustaining linguistic diversity.
- Weekly Homework (1500 words). Weekly exercises testing the student's knowledge of language data. (40%)
- Essay / Assignment 1 (1000 words) Analysis of one particular linguistic feature in detail. (30%)
- Assignment 2 (1500 words) A series of questions relating to data analysis, (30%)
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