Syllabus:

Languages of the world, 7.5 credits

The course is discontinued from 2025-05-08

Swedish name: Världens språk

This syllabus is valid: 2013-09-02 and until further notice

Course code: 1LI046

Credit points: 7.5

Education level: First cycle

Main Field of Study and progress level: Linguistics: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements

Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail

Responsible department: Department of Language Studies

Required Knowledge

General entry requirements

Literature

Valid from: 2013 week 36

Andersson Lars-Gunnar
Språktypologi och språksläktskap
4. uppl. : Stockholm : Liber : 2001 : 95 s. :
ISBN: 91-47-05118-3 ; 224:00
Mandatory
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Coulmas Florian
The writing systems of the world
Oxford : Basil Blackwell : 1989 : 302 s. :
ISBN: 0-631-16513-4
Mandatory
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Dahl Östen
Språkets enhet och mångfald
2., [uppdaterade] uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur : 2007 : 288 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-44-00661-1 (inb.)
Mandatory
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Languages in contact
Gilbers Dicky, Nerbonne John, Schaeken Jos
Amsterdam : Rodopi : 2000 : 339 s. :
ISBN: 90-420-1322-2
Mandatory
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Payne Thomas Edward
Exploring language structure : a student's guide
Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press : 2006 : xxii, 367 p. :
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0514/2005015817.html
ISBN: 0-521-67150-7 (hft.)
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Harris Roy
Signs of writing
London : Routledge : 1995 : 185 s. :
ISBN: 0-415-10088-7 ; £35.00
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