LING2061 Linguistic Fieldwork

Dr. Joseph Perry

Advanced Course. Sem 1, 6 credits

Course Description

In this course, students will learn techniques and strategies for eliciting, recording, and archiving data about an unfamiliar language. These skills are necessary for adding to our knowledge of the world’s languages. Students will work with a native speaker of an unfamiliar language throughout the semester, both in class and in tutorial sessions, to identify interesting properties of the language, collect data, and ultimately write up a grammar of a subpart of the language.

Pre-requisite
LING1000, LING2004, LING2027 and LING2050

Assessment
100% course work

Course Timeslots (1)

FRI
12:30 pm - 2:20 pm
CPD-LG.64