Postgraduate Course: History of Linguistics (LASC11129)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | A survey of national traditions and trans-national exchanges in the study of language and languages from ancient times to the present, with an emphasis on understanding how current approaches have evolved. |
| Course description |
The course examines methodological issues that arise in the history of a scientific discipline, as well as the sociology of the history of linguistics, using models proposed by Kuhn and Latour amongst others. It considers too how linguistics came to be institutionalised as an academic subject, and how its interests overlap with those of anthropology, artificial intelligence, education, informatics, legal theory, literary criticism, philosophy, psychology, religion, semiotics, sociology and other subjects.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 18,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
3500 word essay |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- understand the background of modern linguistic research and how current approaches evolved
- get a deeper perspective on relevant epistemological issues
- situate theoretical approaches in their historical context
- appreciate Latourian and Kuhnian models of history of science
- gain a critical sense of how to deploy historical evidence and argument
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | history,linguistics,kuhn,latour,languages |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof John Joseph
Tel: (0131 6)50 3497
Email: John.Joseph@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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