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Part Three – Postgraduate Units of StudyLING846*** Developmental LanguageDisorders4 pg cpThis unit covers both spoken and written language disorders,and the relationship between the two. The perspectiveis psycholinguistic, and emphasis is placed on thediscussion of underlying cognitive deficits, and the effectof communication disorder on general development.LING847*** Psycholinguistics andAphasia4 pg cpA psycholinguistic perspective will be adopted to investigatelanguage difficulties observed in aphasia. One firstidentifies the specific locus of the processing impairment(s)for individual aphasic patients, and secondly,considers the implications of such breakdown(s) formodels of “typical” language use. Issues of theoreticaland practical significance for researchers will be considered.LING848*** Linguistic Description ofDisordered Language4 pg cpThis unit explores the linguistic analysis and descriptionof different types of disordered language from phonetic,phonological, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic theoreticalperspectives. Practical exercises are included usingsamples of disordered speech and computerised procedures.LING873 Design and Production of Books3 pg cpThis unit aims to acquaint book editors with the wholeprocess of book production: to broaden their knowledgeof typography and printing processes, as well as the preproductiondesign work, and the business of printing andbinding. Page layouts (by both manual and electronicmethods) and the use of illustrations, tables, maps andphotos will also be examined.LING874 Publishing and Management3 pg cpThe unit provides an overview of the economics of publishingin Australia. It also deals with a variety of managementissues, such as commissioning and contractswith authors (including ethical and legal issues), the planningof production schedules, liaison with suppliers, andthe problems of marketing and distribution.LING875 Practicum2 pg cpThis unit involves a 26-hour (approximately one week)placement at a publishing operation, to observe and participatein the processes of book production. Through thecollaboration of sponsor organisations, a variety of placementsin industry and government publications units isavailable, to complement the students’ experience of theircustomary place of employment. Some interstate placementsare available.LING876 Option I2 pg cpStudents take either of the following:i) scientific and technical editingii) literary editing.LING877 Option II2 pg cpStudents take either of the followingi) marketingii) desktop publishing.LING891*** Seminars in Research inHuman Communication Disorders2 pg cpThese seminars are designed to support students’ originalresearch project topic (LING816 or LING931/LING932Special Project). Seminars critically examine selectedpublished studies in communication disorders to generatediscussion on research methodology. Students will beasked to present papers concerned with specific aspectsof their research project at intervals throughout the year.LING900*** Grammar, Meaning andDiscourse4 pg cpThis unit focuses on the analysis of natural discourse;language as a system for meaning and wording; the relationshipbetween language and its social context; and theconstitution of different discourse types. The emphasis ison practical analytical skills, focusing on language datafrom participants’ work and social contexts, integratingthe study of lexis, grammar, discourse and pragmatics ina coherent theory of language in use.LING901*** Phonetics and Phonology4 pg cpThis unit focuses on basic articulatory phonetics and thestructure of spoken English. The unit aims to providetraining in phonetic and phonological principles, and toenable students to carry out phonemic and phonetic transcriptionsof English. It also provides students with basicear training of the sounds of the world’s languages.LING902*** Language and Cognition4 pg cpLanguage and Cognition is an interdisciplinary unitincorporating aspects from linguistics (theories of languagestructure) and psychology (the representation ofknowledge in the brain and the nature of the processesthat are involved in acquiring and using that knowledge).Various theoretical frameworks and a range of empiricalevidence will be examined.LING903*** Languages and Cultures inContact4 pg cpThis unit aims to provide students with the opportunity todevelop a reasoned understanding of the impact of culturalpatterns (beliefs and values) on an individual’s ver-293