300-level

LING310
Linguistics Research Project
Description
This course supports students to conduct their own empirical research project. Students will design their own research, and write a research paper reporting on their novel findings. The course will begin with orientation to New Zealand English, and learning about some empirical studies that have been done on this variety. Students will then develop their own empirical research question, using the New Zealand Institute of Language Brain and Behaviour's internationally renowned corpora, or by collecting their own data using a questionnaire or language experiment. Course content will be adapted to suit student interests, and the class will work together as a group to support the development of each other's projects.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2025
Semester Two 2025 (Distance)
Points
30 points
Prerequisites
Any 15 points at 200 level from LING.
Restrictions
ENLA310
LING320
History of English
Description
This course explores language variation and change, and illustrates these notions through a survey of the way in which English has varied and changed during its recorded history. It will look both at the social history of the language and the linguistic changes that have taken place over the last 1400 years.
Occurrences
Semester One 2025
Semester One 2025 (Distance)
Points
30 points
Prerequisites
LING101 and any 15 points at 200 level from any subject.
Restrictions
LING220, ENLA320

Not Offered Courses in 2025

300-level

LING306
Topics in Syntactic Theory
Description
This course follows on from second-year syntax, covering selected advanced topics and current research in syntactic theory.
Occurrences
Not offered 2025, offered in 2018 , 2019 , 2020 , 2021 , 2023
For further information see LING306 course details
Points
30 points
LING307
Topics in Phonetics and Phonology
Description
This course follows on from second-year phonetics and phonology, covering selected advanced topics and current research in phonetics and phonological theory.
Occurrences
Not offered 2025, offered in 2020 , 2021 , 2022 , 2024 , 2026
For further information see LING307 course details
Points
30 points
LING309
Topics in Morphology and Word Formation
Description
Words have an internal structure and, in many languages, words also take inflections. Theories relating to these basic properties predict that there are limits on both word formation and inflection. They also predict that there will be interface conditions with the phonology, syntax and semantics of languages. This course will explore and test some of these theories by reference to a range of languages.
Occurrences
Not offered 2025
For further information see LING309 course details
Points
30 points