Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE LIN2172

 
TITLE Signwriting: An Introduction

 
UM LEVEL 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
MQF LEVEL 5

 
ECTS CREDITS 2

 
DEPARTMENT Institute of Linguistics and Language Technology

 
DESCRIPTION Objectives

The student will study the Sutton Signwriting system and apply it to already available recorded data.

Content

The course in Signwriting is applied to Maltese Sign Language video-recorded data. The first part of the course makes use of single signs from Maltese Sign Language.

 
RULES/CONDITIONS Before OR WHILE TAKING THIS UNIT YOU ARE ADVISED TO TAKE LIN1017 OR TAKE LIN2007 OR TAKE LIN2070

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Assignment Yes 100%

 
LECTURER/S

 

 
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