2009 Course Handbook
LING323: Child Language Acquisition
The unit introduces students to current theories of language acquisition, and studies children's acquisition of phonology, word learning, morphology, syntax and pragmatics. Other topics include child bilingualism and child second language acquisition. Tutorials will focus on working with data, including transcript data from children's spontaneous speech, and discussions of appropriate experimental methodologies for evaluating children's knowledge of language.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Dr Rosalind Thornton |
| Prerequisites: | LING210 or LING211 or LING214 or PSY238 |
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| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Linguistics |
Timetable Information
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