2009 Course Handbook
LING109: Language, Culture and Communication
How does language create the society we have around us? And how does language create the possibilities for change in that society? We propose answers and illustrations to these questions with a series of separate investigations of language in the media and television, in medicine, in police and court proceedings, in literature and performance, in government and business, in the deaf community, in our schools, as well as in religious expression. The course is organised around specific, small scale tasks which, week by week, become the basis of assessment, along with a final report. The main aim of the course is to turn students into systematic and critical observers of language in different contexts.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 2 |
| When Offered: |
D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
E1 - Evening; Offered in the first half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Associate Professor David Butt |
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| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Linguistics |
Timetable Information
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