SemesterFall Semester, 2023
DepartmentMaster’s Program in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, First Year Master’s Program in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Second Year
Course NameThe Languages of the Pacific: History, Linguistics, Sociology, and Politics
InstructorDE BUSSER RIK LOUIS JOSE
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

 

























































































































Week

Content and readings

Activities

Estimated work load (incl. hours in class)

1

Introduction

Lecture

5

2

Peopling the Pacific I: Pacific prehistory

Required reading, lecture, discussion

5

3

Peopling the Pacific II: Modern man

Required reading, lecture, discussion

5

4

Australian languages I

Required reading, lecture, discussion

5

5

Indigenous Australia II: Case studies

Lecture, Presentations, discussion

5

6

Papuan languages I

Required reading, lecture, discussion

5

7

Papuan languages II: Case studies

Lecture, Presentations, discussion

5

8

Austronesian languages I: Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Madagascar

Required reading, lecture, discussion

5

9

Midterms

Write abstract

5

10

Austronesian languages II: The Deep Pacific

Required reading, lecture, discussion

5

11

Austronesian languages III: Case studies

Lecture, Presentations, discussion



5

12

East Asian languages I: The Western fringe

Required reading, lecture, discussion

5

13

East Asian languages II: Case studies

Lecture, Presentations, discussion

5

14

Languages of globalization I: Colonization and creolization

Required reading, lecture, discussion

5

15

Languages of globalization II: Case studies

Lecture, Presentations, discussion

5

16

Conclusion

Lecture, discussion

5

17

Final exam

 

 

18

Discussion

 

 


This is a preliminary schedule. The final schedule of this course will be compiled in consultation with the students.


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

Help with class administration and collecting materials.


Requirement/Grading

Participation in discussions: 40%

Presentations: 30%

Mid-term abstract & final essay: 30%



For the final essay, you have to choose a topic and propose a research plan in a mid-term report. In order to pass your essay you need to demonstrate that:




  • You understand the information presented to you during the lectures and in your required reading.

  • You are able to conduct independent academic research, by correctly referring to linguistic studies that are not part of the course materials or reference materials.

  • You are able to write a well-structured essay in English.



Grading scale






































 

100-90

89-85

80-84

79-70

69-60

50-59

50-0

 

A+

A

A-

B

C

D

E

Graduate

Pass

Fail

 

Undergrad

Pass

Fail


 



 


Textbook & Reference

A list of required and optional readings will be made available at the beginning of the semester.



 



Reference works:



Adelaar, K. Alexander & Nikolaus P. Himmelmann (eds.). 2005. The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar. London: Routledge.



Bellwood, Peter. 1997. Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago, Revised Edition. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press.



Blust, Robert. 2013. The Austronesian Languages, Revised Edition. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. URL: http://pacling.anu.edu.au/materials/Blust2013Austronesian.pdf



Foley, William A. 1986. The Papuan Languages of New Guinea. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.



Mühlhäusler, Peter. 1996. Linguistic Ecology: Language Change and Linguistic Imperialism in the Pacific Region. London: Routledge.


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