Mind and Language: Cognitive Approaches to Grammar and Meaning (LING2030)
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 |