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Linguistics at La Trobe - A Handy Guide Major! Minor! Electives! Bundoora or on line! Zine cover - both held in someone's hand and the colourful digital versionALT
Zine text Linguistics is the study of language structure and use in communication Structure of language: sounds/handshapes (phonetics) structure of words (morphology) structure of sentences (syntax) meaning (semantics) Language is: spoken! signed! speech! gesture! conversation! writing! rules of communication (pragmatics) acquisition of language language use across cultures In our first year subject Imagining Language learn the principles of linguistics and use them to create your own language!ALT
Zine text Meet the team! Dr Jacq Jones I’m a phonetician who looks at both the production and perception of speech to better understand how people use their voice in gendered ways Dr Gerald Roche I’m an anthropologist exploring the relationship between language and power Dr Tom Poulton I am interested in semantics, and how people make meaning. I’ve looked at directions, and smells, and now I’m exploring phonesthemes A/Prof Lauren Gawne I look at the way people gesture across cultures, I also research what this means for the emoji we use when we typeALT
What coloured hearts do you use when you send a text message? ❤️ 💙 💜 🤍 🩶 🖤 What does it mean to speak like a non-binary person? spiky shape and blobbly shape Which of these shapes is ‘kiki’ and which is ‘bouba’? Who has the right to speak their own languages? Linguists at La Trobe work on these topics and many more! schmozzle, skittle, goggle, scribble, tumble, fumble Do you think the thumb is a finger? What does this gesture mean to you? What is -le doing in these English words?ALT
tudy Linguistics at La Trobe Bachelor of Arts: Major in Linguistics! Bachelor of Languages and Linguistics: Core linguistics subjects throughout your degree! Other degrees? Take a linguistics subject as an elective! fold out to see all the linguistics subjects available! La Trobe Logo QR code that goes to www.latrobe.edu.au/courses/linguisticsALT
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La Trobe Linguistics Program Zine at University Open Day 2026

I have been enjoying making Lingthusiasm zines, so when we started making plans for our University Open Day this year, I realised that a zine was the perfect format for introducing linguistics, our team, and subjects available. I found they were well suited to this kind of event and wanted to share the experience in case it is useful to others.

Eight-fold zines like these usually work by having a blank inside. I used this to my advantage and printed the very text-dense list of subject overviews on the inside for people to take away and read later.

The fact they’re smaller than the usual A4 (letter) handouts made them feel a lot easier to share with people. They also sat really nicely on the table, thanks to some nice little acrylic boxes I found. I printed the La Trobe zines in black and white and they looked really nice. The team gave out about one hundred of them over the course of the day. The only problem with zines is budgeting the time to fold them, but I started a few weeks out and used seminars and online meetings where my hands could be busy.

Alongside the La Trobe zine I also had the current range of Lingthusiasm zines. These were great for both introducing people to linguistics and sharing some of the research topics we work on. It made me think about some more topics I wanted to share with people in zine format for future events.

I brought along kiki/bouba stickers and scarf so that we could do kiki bouba tests and then leave people with the zine. This was particularly effective as a way of having something fun to bring in family and friends who were along to support a prospective student. At least one parent said “this is so cool, you have to study this when you come to university!!”

In previous years I have suffered from what I refer to as Archeology envy, because they always have great props and artefact replicas. Having the zines at the table went a long way to solving that problem for me this year. I’ll definitely be returning with them next year.

Below is an image of the table set up we had. All the Lingthusiasm zines are available on the Lingthusiasm website. You can see and print a digital copy of the La Trobe zine here.

A small table with clear boxes full of zines, alongside a green duolingo owl and some stickers, all on a black scarf with the IPA on itALT
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  1. fragariavescana said: (La Trobe is french for the Trobe)
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    DOING CONLANGING IN A UNI CLASS? lowkey to die for why didn't I get to do that u_u
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    I have been enjoying making Lingthusiasm zines, so when we started making plans for our University Open Day this year, I...