Tutor: Tom Mylne
Linguistics is the academic study of language, and covers a wide field. Topics we will touch on in this course include what language is, how it works, and how it forms part of a culture generally. We will also look at relationships between languages and how languages develop over time. We will mention several different languages, and may discuss some of them in some detail.
Venue: 97 Creek St
Friday 12.30pm - 1.45pm. Classes start 30 January, finish 3 April.
Cost: $45 (prepaid), 9 weeks
Current Enrolments: 12 (full capacity)
Topics that we will discuss will include the following, listed in no particular order: speech sounds (how they are produced, and how they combine to make words), meaningful units (words, parts of words, and combinations of words up to the level of the sentence), meaning and kinds of meaning, the communicative functions of language, the role of language and languages in a society, language change and the relationships between various languages, the relationships between dialects and languages, the history of the English language, and the linguistics of Australian languages. Participants will be invited to suggest topics for discussion. Please note: we will not discuss how to speak or write 'correct English'.
About the Tutor:
For the first 22 years of my working life I was an engineer working in the Queensland Public Service. I was retrenched from there, so I crossed the campus and obtained a degree in linguistics (the study of language). After teaching part time in that field for some fifteen years I returned to the full-time workforce and for the last seven years before I retired I taught linguistics to speech pathology students. I now regard myself as a historian, but I continue to be fascinated by linguistics.Unfortunately this class is over-subscribed and no further enrolments can be accepted at this time. You may contact the tutor to express your interest should a vacancy arise.
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