33000 THE NATURE OF LANGUAGE
OPACS 2000
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Credit Points 1.00
Synopsis
Students will be introduced to what language is, how it can be
described in terms of phonology, semantics and syntax, and how the
meaning potential of language is realised in actual usage. Teachers
also need to be aware of some recent theories of language as well as
an understanding that language operates in a social domain that
determines how it is used and how it positions the users.