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40 THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ARTS

GENERAL LINGUISTICS SECTION

ANNUAL REPORT 1968

List of Staff:

Senior Lecturer, H. Bluhme, Ph.D. (Mun)

Lecturer, J. Harris, B.A. (Syd),

Visiting Lecturer K. Rens eh, Ph.D. (Mun).

2. Visitors:

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M.A. (Mich)

Dr. Karl Rensch of the Department of Phonetics, University

of Cologne, West Germany, lectured to students of General

Linguistics 1 and B during the academic year.

3. Appointments:

Dr. K. Rensch, who visited the department during the

academic year, was appointed lecturer in general linguistics.

He will take up his position in March 1969.

4. Enrolments:

The total number of enrolments was - Linguistics Seminar 93

students (course cancelled after first term), Gen. Ling. I 53

(14 cancellations and withdrawals), Gen. Ling. B 11 (4 for honours),

Gen. Ling. IV 1 student, 2 students are enrolled for the degree

of Master of Arts and 1 for the Ph.D.

5. Examination Results

Examination enrolments in Gen. Ling. 1 were 39 students

(4 failures), Gen. Ling. B. 11 (no failures), Gen. Ling. IV l

{no failure).

The students' progress can be regarded as very satisfactory.

6. Curriculum

In 1968 the classes General Linguistics II and III were

united and renamed General Linguistics B. There was no

appreciable difference in performance between second and third

year students and the courses General Linguistics A and B will

in the future be offered in alternate years.

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7. Research Work

Mr. Harris furthered his work on the historical

development of English.

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Dr. Rensch worked on Italian dialects and on the history

of linguistics.

Dr. Bluhme prepared an article on the phonological system

of the Roro language, Supported by a grant from the Australian

Research Grants Committee he investigated problems of speech

rhytgm in Dutch and worked on the grammatical structure of the

same language.

8. Publications:

H. Bluhme (ed.): N. S. Trubetzkoy, Introduction to the the Principles of Phonological Descriptions. The Hague, Nijhoff, 1968. viii + 46 p.

I f_ 0M l+cA/VY\. _s for Dr. H. Bluhme

Unit

General Linguistics I

General Linguistics B

General Linguistics BH

Final Honours

Masters Qualifying

Ph.D.

Enrolled

53 % 100

7

4

Enrolled

1

2

1

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THE AUSTRALI AN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL LINGUISTICS - EXAMINATION RESULTS

Sitting

39 74

7

4

Sitting

1

1

High Distinction

1

2

Results

H2A

p

Distinction

6 11

1

1

Credit

9

17

3

Pass

19 36

3

3

Fail

4

8

Wastage

14

26

42/19 69 e

Failure + Wast age

18

34