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Undergraduate Course: Structure of a Language: A (LASC10001)

Course Outline
School	School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Course type	Standard	Availability	Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate)	Credits	20
Home subject area	Language Sciences	Other subject area	None
Course website	None
Course description	The annotation is again the same, as it was a year ago: "This course offers a typologically-oriented introduction to the indigenous languages spoken in Siberia, Russian Federation (Uralic, Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Yeniseian, Chukotko-Kamchatkan, Eskimo-Aleut and isolates). Through a series of lectures, seminars, weekly practical tasks and reading, we will explore salient linguistic features of the various languages and language families spoken in the area. To facilitate this, I will also teach some basic skills of handling diverse typological data and, in particular, descriptive grammars of little known languages. I will also introduce the social context in which these languages function (both in a historical perspective and currently) and the language policy in the area as a part of more general Russian state policy towards indigenous languages.

Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: ( Linguistics 2A (LASC08006) AND Linguistics 2B (LASC08013)) OR ( Linguistics 2A (LASC08006) AND Linguistics 2Lh: Structure and History of the Western European Languages (LASC08007)) OR English Language 2 (LASC08002)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None
Additional Costs	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	Visiting students should have at least 3 Linguistics/Language Sciences courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
Prospectus website	http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/visiting-exchange/courses

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Quickly and accurately describe and analyse and interpret primary data; reason critically; identify and solve problems; independently formulate and test hypotheses.

Assessment Information
Final essay (3000 words): 50% In-term project: 30% Classwork: 20%
Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information

Special Arrangements
Not entered

Contacts
Course organiser		Course secretary	Ms Stephanie Fong Tel: Email: S.Fong@ed.ac.uk

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