Bachelor of Arts (BA) - The University of Hong Kong

248LING2011.Language and literacy in the information age (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course aims at helping students gain an understanding of the role of language and literacyeducation in the socio-economic development of many societies. After the introduction of basicconcepts in sociolinguistics and in literacy, we will compare linguistic situations in selected parts of theworld and then take up major issues such as multilingualism, literacy education, including definitionsand types of literacies, language planning policies, and how to integrate linguistic and educationalissues in development projects.Assessment: 100% coursework.LING2012.Experimental phonetics (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)The theoretical and instrumental study of the acoustic properties of speech sounds; classificatorycriteria; speech analysis and synthesis; experimental techniques; and laboratory work.Assessment: 100% coursework.LING2013.Language typology: the study of linguistic diversity (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)A survey of the structural diversity of the world's languages. Topics covered include: notions oflanguage type; morphological, case marking, and word order typology; diachronic and areal typology;universals of language and their explanation.Assessment: 100% coursework.LING2017.Advanced studies in linguistics (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)Specialised courses based on current research interests of staff members.Assessment: 100% coursework.LING2018.Lexical-functional grammar (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)An intensive introduction to the architecture of Lexical-Functional Grammar, with a discussion of howthis syntactic theory addresses issues such as levels of representation, lexical integrity, complexpredicates, serial verbs, optimality, and the syntax - semantics interface.Prerequisite: Syntactic theory.Assessment: 100% coursework.