EM029-812 - Applied Linguistics for Mission

  • 2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category advanced unit
    C
  • evangelism missiolUnit Discipline

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code EM704-4.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of, and the research underlying, mission as language development, scripture translation and engagement, and Related literacy work

B. Be able to

1. Examine recent scholarship on mission linguistics

2. Demonstrate skill in utilising diverse scholarship in linguistic research, language acquisition and Bible translation

3. Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives on mission linguistics

C. Be in a position to

Applying Advanced perspectives and skills from ‘Applied Linguistics for Mission’ to ministry practice and Christian living as a reflective practitioner

Content

Specific content will vary according to the specifics of the vocation of the particular cohort as to whether their focus uses linguistics in language development, linguistic research, translation, literacy or other mission action. The typical offering of this unit will cover the following:

  • A survey of recent applied linguistic theorists and implications for doing linguistics in a mission context
  • Recent theoretical shifts as they affect the work of Scripture translation, language acquisition, scripture engagement or literacy education
  • Social and political realities and the practice of applied linguistic vocations in situ
  • Development of resources for the work of the applied linguist or, for writing and peer communication.

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.


Prescribed Text:

Sawyer, John F. A. Sacred Languages and Sacred Texts (London: Routledge, 1999).

 

Recommended:

Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. The Art of Grammar (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015).

Breitenbach, Sandra. Missionary Linguistics in East Asia: The Origins of Religious Language in the Shaping of Christianity? (Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2008).

Coulmas, Florian. An Introduction to Multilingualism: Language in a Changing World (Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017).

Cruse, Alan. Meaning in Language: An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics (3rd ed.; Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010).

Gussmann, Edmund. Phonology: Analysis and Theory (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002).

Klöter, Henning. “Missionary Linguistics,” in Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics (edited by Rint Sybesma; Leiden: Brill, 2015), http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopedia-of-chinese-language-and-linguistics/missionary-linguistics-COM_00000270, (December 30, 2015).

Labov, William. Principles of Linguistic Change (3 vols.; Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).

Lehmann, Christian. “Linguistic Data,” in Linguistic Methodology, 2013, http://www.christianlehmann.eu/ling/ling_meth/data/index.html, (accessed July 21, 2016).

Song, Jae Jung. Linguistic Typology (Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018).

Zwartjes, Otto, and Even Hovdhaugen (eds.). Missionary Linguistics = Lingüística Misionera: Selected Papers from the First International Conference on Missionary Linguistics, Oslo, 13-16 March, 2003 (Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2004).

Zwartjes, Otto, and Maria Cristina Salles Altman (eds.). Missionary Lingustics II = Lingüí́stica Misionera II: Orthography and Phonology: Selected Papers from the Second International Conference on Missionary Linguistics, São Paulo, 10-13 March 2004 (Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2005).

Zwartjes, Otto, Gregory James, and Emilio Ridruejo Alonso (eds.). Missionary Linguistics III = Lingüí́stica Misionera III: Morphology and Syntax: Selected Papers from the Third and Fourth International Conferences on Missionary Linguistics, Hong Kong/Macau, 12-15 March 2005, Villadolid, 8-11 March 2006 (Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2007).

Zwartjes, Otto, Klaus Zimmermann, and Martina Schrader-Kniffki (eds.). Missionary Linguistics V = Lingüística Misionera V: Translation Theories and Practices: Selected Papers from the Seventh International Conference on Missionary Linguistics, Bremen, 28 February - 2 March 2012 (Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2014).

Zwartjes, Otto, Ramón Arzápalo Marín, and Thomas Cedric Smith-Stark (eds.). Missionary Linguistics IV = Lingüística Misionera IV : Lexicography : Selected Papers from the Fifth International Conference on Missionary Linguistics, Mérida, Yucatán, 14-17 March 2007 (Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2009).