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Languages and Cultures in Contact - LING903
Increasing globalisation, internationalisation, and migration provide an imperative to develop awareness and understanding of the theories and issues associated with linguistic diversity. Based in the field of Anthropological Linguistics, this unit investigates 'Language' and 'languages', 'Society' and 'societies', and 'Culture' and 'cultures' – seeing language as a tool rather than simply a mirror, and "language as a cultural resource and speaking as cultural practice" (Duranti 1997). The content and activities of this unit focus on how worldview influences the lexicon of a group and how group values, beliefs and practices generate, maintain, and transform norms of interaction within a culture.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| When Offered: | 2017 - Next offered in 2017 |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Verna Rieschild |
| Prerequisites: |
Admission to MAppLing or MAppLingTESOL or MAuslEngInt or PGDipAuslEngInt or MTransInter or MTransInterMAppLing or MTransInterMIntRel or MTransInterMAppLingTESOL or MIntPubDip |
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| NCCW(s): | TRAN903 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Linguistics Faculty of Human Sciences |
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