This is an advanced reading course for HDR students that explores major advances and debates in linguistics. The course aims to guide students through a range of key topics in linguistics through the lens of different theoretical perspectives and methodologies, and encourages students to consider the relevance and importance of their own research within the broader field of linguistics. The course involves in-depth reading, analysis and writing in an area broadly relevant to the students' thesis research.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of background and current literature on a range of key topics in linguistics
- Critically assess the appropriateness of methodologies, supporting evidence, and argumentation of research articles
- Evaluate the contributions of well-established and cutting-edge research to core challenges in linguistics
- Articulate the relevance and importance of one's own research to the broader field of linguistics
- Present in both oral and written form balanced and well-argued critique of current debates
Indicative Assessment
- Class participation (10) [LO 1,2,3]
- Class presentations (two presentations of c. 30 minutes plus discussion and each worth 20%) (40) [LO 1,2,3,4]
- Essay (5,000 words) (50) [LO 1,2,3,4]
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Workload
Students are expected to complete 130 hours of study for this course, which includes: around 42 hours of class time and 88 hours of independent study on class preparation and assessment tasks.
Requisite and Incompatibility
You will need to contact the School of Culture History and Language to request a permission code to enrol in this course.
Prescribed Texts
This course has a wide range of different readings from both books and journals, and they will be made available from the course Wattle site.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $4320 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $6360 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9186 | 21 Jul 2025 | 28 Jul 2025 | 31 Aug 2025 | 24 Oct 2025 | In Person | N/A |