Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Humanities and Social Sciences

School

Languages & Cultures School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Class hours

2 Contact hours

Prerequisite

LING1000

Assessment methods

Weekly assignments, mid-semester project, final essay prospectus and final essay.

Course enquiries

Dr Karen Sullivan

Study Abroad

This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.

This course is not currently offered, please contact the school.

Course description

This course introduces Cognitive Linguistic approaches to semantics and syntax and explores their ability to relate linguistic form, meaning and conceptualisation. Students will learn Construction Grammar strategies for analysing grammatical form and meaning, and use Cognitive Semantic theories and formalisms to examine how language evokes conceptual structures. This course may be cancelled if there are fewer than 20 enrolments.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2016 (29/02/2016 - 25/06/2016) St Lucia Internal Course Profile