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ATS2667 Language across time

Faculty of Arts

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ATS2667 Language across time is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Clayton. It needs ATS1339 and ATS1338.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2020
Semester 1
Clayton
Workload
144 hours
per semester

The 2027 handbook has no page for ATS2667. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.

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Requisites

Before ATS2667

Prerequisites

Pass these before you enrol.

All of

After ATS2667

No unit lists ATS2667 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Prohibition: ATS3667

Prerequisite: ATS1291 and ATS1292

Overview

All languages are constantly changing - just as other aspects of human society are also constantly changing. How and why do these changes begin? How and why do they take hold and spread? How can we explain them? This subject is an introduction to the study of language over time. It examines changes at all linguistics levels - vocabulary, meaning, sounds and grammar. Examples are drawn from the history of a wide range of languages - Germanic, Romance, Pacific and Asian. Part of the subject also gives students practice in reconstructing lost stages of languages, using the internal and comparative methods of reconstruction.

Offerings in 2020

Teaching periodCampusMode
First semesterClaytonOn campus

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    describe language as a dynamic system of communication;

  2. 2

    analyse language data with respect to the evolution of sounds, vocabulary and grammar;

  3. 3

    identify the types of change that occur;

  4. 4

    discuss the factors responsible for these changes and how they interact;

  5. 5

    explain the major processes of language change;

  6. 6

    use the methods of comparative reconstruction to build past linguistic systems;

Workload and teaching

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Where it fits

ATS2667 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.

Contacts

Chief Examiners
Professor Kathryn Burridge
Unit Coordinators
Professor Kathryn Burridge

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for ATS2667?

You need ATS1339 and ATS1338 before you enrol. Enrolment rules also apply.

When is ATS2667 offered?

In 2020, ATS2667 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton.

How much work is ATS2667?

The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Which majors and minors include ATS2667?

ATS2667 is part of Linguistics and English Language.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
2
Study level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Arts
Organisational unit
Linguistics
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 1
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
2020