Architectures of Meaning

Undergraduate | 2026

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Area/Catalogue
LING 2001
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Course ID
201006
Level of study
Level of study
Undergraduate
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Unit value
6
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Course level
2
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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Yes
Discipline group A
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University-wide elective course
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Single course enrolment
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Course data is interim and subject to change

Course overview

This course explores how languages are configured to be meaningful, including key concepts and methods of analysis in morphology, phonology and syntax. Learners have opportunities to apply foundational concepts and analytic methods to examples of language from a wide range of real-world contexts.

  • Noticing Language
  • Bits And Pieces Of Language
  • Building Language

Course learning outcomes

  • Notice, identify and explicate structural elements of language in human and AI-generated language
  • Analyse ways in which the diversity of structural elements of language considered on the course create meaning
  • Apply theoretical concepts related to the architecture of language to linguistic data to explore structural-meaning relationships within and across languages
  • Reflect on ways that structural-meaning relationships shift over time, context and modalities

Prerequisite(s)

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Antirequisite(s)

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Assessment

Case Study

Degree list
The following degrees include this course
Study Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Bachelor of Arts at Adelaide University - Information for Domestic students