Overview
A tour through the world's 6,000 languages, learning where they come from and how they are put together: the foundational sounds, words, sentences and meanings of language.
Language underlies all of life - every lecture, every conversation, every society - and linguistics is the scientific study of language. In this class, you will learn how languages around the world work, where they come from, and how to analyse them.
About this paper
| Paper title | A World of Languages |
|---|---|
| Subject | Linguistics |
| EFTS | 0.15 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 1 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,040.70 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Eligibility
- Open to all students.
- Contact
- More information link
View more information on the English and Linguistics Programme website
- Teaching staff
- Teaching Arrangements
This paper is taught via 26 lectures and 9 tutorials.
- Textbooks
To be advised.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this paper will learn to:
- Acquire concepts and terminology for the study of language structure
- Develop skills of analysis, argumentation and evaluation
- Appreciate the structural diversity of human languages
- Think critically about attitudes towards language use
- Appreciate the status of linguistics as a modern academic discipline