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Grammar and Meaning - LING218
Human language is about meaning and communication. It shapes us as individuals and as members of our various social networks and communities. Grammatical structures and functions are fundamental to language, but only for the ways they produce meaning in social context. This unit will introduce you to the relationship of grammar and meaning, through understanding the three functions of language: 1. The ideational function – how we use language to construe our experience of the world around us and inside us. 2. The interpersonal function – how we enact our diverse social relationships through language. 3. The textual function – how we organise our language into coherent text in the many different contexts in which we interact.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| When Offered: | S1 Day - Session 1, North Ryde, Day S1 Evening - Session 1, North Ryde, Evening |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Annabelle Lukin |
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| NCCW(s): | LING211 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Linguistics Faculty of Human Sciences |
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