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 |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| 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. |
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. |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
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% |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | |
Course secretary | Ms Stephanie Fong
Tel:
Email: S.Fong@ed.ac.uk |
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