Master of General and Applied Linguistics

Australian National University

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In Canberra (Australia)

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Canberra (Australia)

  • Start date

    Different dates available

  • Credits

    96

The human capacity for language is at the heart of the study of linguistics. The field encompasses the nature of different languages and the nature of language as a cognitive and social phenomenon. It asks questions such as: How do we communicate? In what ways are languages different and similar? How do we learn language? Why does language change over time? What is the relationship between mind and language? The Master of General and Applied Linguistics offers the opportunity to explore these and many other questions through an especially broad selection of topics. The program will provide you with a solid grounding in linguistic theory, analysis and associated methodologies, and offers the opportunity to study language as a cognitive, social and historical process. Students can also study a broad range of languages as part of the degree.

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Canberra (Australia)
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The Australian National University, ACT 0200

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About this course

A Bachelor degree or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 5/7.
Applicants with a Bachelor Degree or Graduate Certificate in a cognate discipline may be eligible for 24 units (one semester) of credit.
Applicants with a Graduate Diploma or Honours in a cognate discipline may be eligible for 48 units (one year) of credit.
All applicants must meet the University’s English Language Admission Requirements for Students
Cognate disciplines

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  • Audiology
  • Pathology
  • English Language
  • Translation
  • Interpreting
  • IT Law
  • Politics
  • Teaching
  • English
  • International
  • Law
  • Writing
  • Communication Training
  • Humanities
  • Social Interaction

Course programme

The Master of General and Applied Linguistics requires completion of 96 units, which must consist of:

24 units from completion of introductory graduate linguistics courses from the following list:

LING6001 Introduction to the Study of Language
LING6002 Language and Society
LING6010 Sounds of the World's Languages: Phonetics and Phonology
LING6013 Teaching Languages
LING6015 Language, Culture and Translation
LING6018 Languages in Contact
LING6020 The Structure of English
LING6021 Cross Cultural Communication
LING6105 Language and the law: introduction to forensic linguistics
LING6311 Language and Social Interaction

A maximum of 24 units from completion of disciplinary courses from any of the following lists:

Structural Linguistics
LING6003 Introduction to Syntax
LING6007 Morphology
LING6008 Semantics
LING6010 Sounds of the World's Languages: Phonetics and Phonology
LING6019 Phonological Analysis
LING6026 Syntactic Theory
LING6033 Advanced Sociophonetics
LING6522 Seminar on Semantics
LING6525 Special Topics in Linguistics

Language learning
LING6013 Teaching Languages
LING6023 Dictionaries and Dictionary-Making
LING6029 Assessing Language
LING6101 Second Language Acquisition
LING6521 Child Language Acquisition

Language in society
LING6015 Language, Culture and Translation
LING6021 Cross Cultural Communication
LING6022 Language Policy and Language Politics
LING6103 Language, Power, and Identity
LING6105 Language and the law: introduction to forensic linguistics
LING6311 Language and Social Interaction

Forensic Linguistics
LING6105 Language and the law: introduction to forensic linguistics
LING3032 Advanced Forensic Linguistics: Forensic Voice and Text Comparison

Language documentation and language change
LING6005 Language Change and Linguistic Reconstruction
LING6018 Languages in Contact
LING6508 Study of a Language Family
LING6529 The History of the English Language

Language-specific linguistics
ARAB6505 Introductory Course to Arabic Linguistics
ASIA8051 Language and Power in Asiaand the Pacific
JPNS6007 Japanese Linguistics
JPNS6024 Japanese Grammar
JPNS6512 Teaching Japanese: Content
JPNS6513 Japanese - English Translation
JPNS6514 Teaching Japanese Method
LANG6004 Language and Society in Latin America
LING6016 Language in Indigenous Australian Society
LING6017 Chinese Linguistics
LING6020 The Structure of English
LING6030 Advanced Academic English
PASI6010 Talking the Pacific: Melanesian pidgins and creoles in social context
SPAN6022 Intermediate Spanish II (Language and Linguistics)
SPAN6509 Advanced Spanish Topics in Language and Linguistics
SPAN6514 The Structure of Spanish
SPAN6516 History of the Spanish Language: A Linguistic Time Travel
SPAN6518 The Sounds of Spanish
SPAN6604 Language Variation Across the Spanish-speaking World

A minimum of 12 units and a maximum of 24 units from completion of research methods courses from the following list:

HUMN6001 Digital Humanities: Theories and Projects
HUMN6003 Digital Humanities: Methods and Practices
HUMN8032 Writing for the Research Process
LING3032 Advanced Forensic Linguistics: Forensic Voice and Text Comparison
LING6009 Field Methods in Linguistics
LING8026 Qualitative Research Methods in Language Studies
LING8027 Research Design in Applied Linguistics

A minimum of 12 units and a maximum of 24 units from completion of research projects from the following list:

HUMN8030 Digital Humanities and Public Culture Research Project
HUMN8031 Digital Humanities and Public Culture Research Project (Advanced)
LING6005 Language Change and Linguistic Reconstruction
LING6016 Language in Indigenous Australian Society
LING6023 Dictionaries and Dictionary-Making
LING6029 Assessing Language
LING6101 Second Language Acquisition
LING6311 Language and Social Interaction
LING6508 Study of a Language Family
LING6522 Seminar on Semantics
LING6525 Special Topics in Linguistics
LING8001 Graduate Reading Course (Linguistics)
LING8003 Readings in Applied Linguistics
SPAN6022 Intermediate Spanish II (Language and Linguistics)
SPAN6514 The Structure of Spanish
SPAN6604 Language Variation Across the Spanish-speaking World

A maximum of 24 units from completion of courses from any of the following language specialisations:

Ancient Greek Language and Culture
Arabic Language and Culture
Australian Indigenous Languages and Society
Burmese Language and Culture
Chinese Language and Culture
English Language
French Language and Culture
German Language and Culture
Hindi Language and Culture
Indonesian Language and Culture
Italian Language and Culture
Japanese Language and Culture
Korean Language and Culture
Latin Language and Culture
Mongolian language and Culture
Persian Language and Culture
Portuguese Language and Culture
Russian Language and Culture
Sanskrit Language and Culture
Spanish Language and Culture
Tetum Language and Culture
Thai Language and Culture
Turkish Language and Culture
Vietnamese Language and Culture

24 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU

Unless otherwise stated, a course used to satisfy the requirements of one list may not be double counted towards satisfying the requirements of another list.

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Master of General and Applied Linguistics

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