(BA) (4-year-programme) - The University of Hong Kong
(BA) (4-year-programme) - The University of Hong Kong
(BA) (4-year-programme) - The University of Hong Kong
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144• <strong>The</strong> Chinese language and the brain; language and reading disorders.• Applied cognitive psychology <strong>of</strong> language. Headline designs for newspaper, TV program, andadvertisement. Cognitive basis <strong>of</strong> persuasion.Prerequisite: LING1000Assessment: 100% coursework.LING2050.Grammatical description (6 credits)This course aims at giving the student a comprehensive introduction to basic concepts used in thedescription <strong>of</strong> morphology and syntax, independent <strong>of</strong> any model <strong>of</strong> grammar. Exercises accompanythe topics introduced. Example analyses are drawn from various languages. <strong>The</strong> following topics inmorphology and syntax will be covered: words, morphemes and morphs, word classes, immediateconstituents, phrase structure, functional relations, sentence structure. <strong>The</strong> course provides agrounding in grammatical concepts useful for further study in grammatical theory, typology andlanguage teaching.Prerequisite: LING1000Assessment: 100% coursework.LING2056.Sociolinguistics (6 credits)<strong>The</strong> course introduces students to the study <strong>of</strong> the relationship between language and society. Duringthe course we cover the following topics: fundamentals <strong>of</strong> language variation and change,multilingualism and language contact, language maintenance, shift and death, language planning,policy and education, and linguistic landscapes. <strong>The</strong> course has both theoretical and empirical content;in terms <strong>of</strong> the former, we focus in particular on evolutionary theories <strong>of</strong> language and usage-basedapproaches; as for the latter, we focus on the study <strong>of</strong> Asian contexts, in particular China, South andSoutheast Asia through ethnographic methods. <strong>The</strong> course includes an active fieldwork component onsociolinguistic issues in <strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong>. <strong>The</strong> course satisfies the prerequisite for the advanced course,Languages in Contact. A good understanding <strong>of</strong> sociolinguistics is recommended for linguisticsmajors and is an important asset for anyone who seeks to competently engage in the field <strong>of</strong> languageusage in society.Prerequisite: LING1000.Assessment: 100% coursework.Advanced coursesLING3101.Computational linguistics (6 credits)How can the computer help us analyse sentences? Can a computer really understand language? <strong>The</strong>seare some <strong>of</strong> the questions explored in this course. <strong>The</strong> course will introduce basic concepts and techniques<strong>of</strong> natural language understanding and Chinese language information processing.Prerequisite: LING1001Assessment: 100% coursework.LING3103.Semantics: Meaning and grammar (6 credits)This course focuses on structural and cognitive aspects <strong>of</strong> meaning which are relevant to thedescription and theory <strong>of</strong> grammar. Examples will be drawn from Cantonese, Mandarin and Englishtogether with some other European and Asian languages.Prerequisite: LING1000Assessment: 100% coursework.
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