Semester	Spring Semester, 2018
Department	Graduate Institute of Linguistics MA Program, First Year Graduate Institute of Linguistics PhD Program, First Year Graduate Institute of Linguistics MA Program, Second Year Graduate Institute of Linguistics PhD Program, Second Year
Course Name	The Languages of the Pacific: History, Linguistics, Sociology, and Politics
Instructor	DE BUSSER RIK LOUIS JOSE
Credit	3.0
Course Type	Elective
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
4	Peopling the Pacific II: Before the Austronesians	Required reading, lecture, discussion	5
5	Australian languages I	Required reading, lecture, discussion	5
6	Indigenous Australia II: Case studies	Lecture, Presentations, discussion	5
7	Papuan languages I	Required reading, lecture, discussion	5
8	Papuan cultures III: Case studies	Lecture, Presentations, discussion	5
9	Peopling the Pacific III: The Austronesian expansion	Required reading, lecture, discussion	5
10	Midterms	Write abstract	5
11	Austronesian languages I: Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Madagascar	Required reading, lecture, discussion	5
12	Austronesian languages II: The Deep Pacific	Required reading, lecture, discussion	5
13	Austronesian languages III: Case studies	Lecture, Presentations, discussion	5
14	Austronesian languages IV: Case studies	Lecture, Presentations, discussion	5
15	Languages of colonization	Required reading, lecture, discussion	5
16	Languages of colonization: Case studies	Lecture, Presentations, discussion	5
17	Conclusion and discussion	Discussion	5
18	Final exam	Write essay	5

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

Teaching Methods

Teaching Assistant

To be determined.

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	90-80	80-70	70-60	59-50	below 50
A+	A	B	C	D	E
excellent	very good	good	adequate	adequate	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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