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HIF-3081: Fieldwork and Linguistic Description Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical subject. Intended for the subject disciplines English and Linguistics. | Level of course/Year of study
First or second year at Master''s level | Language of instruction
English | Examination semester
Spring | Objectives
Students should be able to show a thorough knowledge of the materials described in the course description, as well as the ability to gather and analyse language data efficiently. | Contents
This course deals with methods in fieldwork as well as related ethical dimensions. The course includes comprehensive fieldwork (in the classroom) with a language informant, and is designed to enable students to gather and analyse data from a non-Indo-European language independently and efficiently.
This course requires a Bachelor''s degree in language and literature, or equivalent.
| Form of teaching
Lectures, exercises, seminars, project work. Teaching period approximately 12/14 weeks, individual study/project work 7 weeks. A total of 36 teaching hours.
All literature will be in English. | Coursework requirements
One oral presentation
| Exam and assessment
Coursework Requirements:
One oral presentation approximately halfway through the semester.
Assessment method:
A home exam of two weeks (30%) approximately halfway through the course, and one more comprehensive project paper, approximately 15 pages (70%).
Grading: Performance in the course will be assessed with the grades A-F.
Exam language(s): English | Contact person/lecturer
Associate Professor Martin Krämer, tel.: 77 64 65 01, email: martin.kraemer@hum.uit.no | Recommended reading/syllabus
http://uit.no/humfak/3509/ | Course overlap
LIN-3081 -1 10 sp |
Teaching spring 2006
Første forelesning: Onsdag 11. januar kl 1315, rom A 1005 | | Forelesning | Lese-/skriveuker: 3, 8, 14-15 og 19-22
Foreleser F.aman. Martin Krämer
| | Hjemmeeksamen | Oppgavennlevering: Fredag 9. juni. |
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