Understudied Languages and Linguistic Theory

Module code: LIN7016

Credits: 15.0
Semester: SEM1

Contact: Prof Daniel Harbour
Overlap: In taking this module you cannot take LIN6016P

The diversity of the world's languages is of crucial importance to linguistic theory. Linguistic theory developed primarily with reference to data from major world languages (English, Japanese, French, etc.) nonetheless frequently yields rapid and deep insight into understudied languages from diverse families. In this course, we will work with a speaker of such a language, eliciting data, forming generalisations, and testing and explaining these in light of current linguistic theory. The course is, therefore, a practicum-style approach to formal linguistics.

Connected course(s): UDF DATA
Assessment: 100.0% Coursework
Level: 7