Course Content
Year 1
Language
You'll take Italian modules:
- Ab Initio Italian Language Skills
- Ab Initio Italian Language and Society
- Ab Initio Italian Grammar
Linguistics
You'll take linguistics modules, examples of which may include:
- Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology
- Introduction to Syntax
- Introduction to Sociolinguistics
- Introduction to Semantics
Year 2
Core modules
- Italian Language and Cultures: Advanced
- Foundations of Meaning
Option modules
You'll study further modules in languages and linguistics. You may also choose one Languages for All module or an elective module offered by another department.
You will study two language option modules. In previous years, options have covered topics such as:
- The role of art in Italian Society
- Filming the Nation: Cinematic Representations of Modern Italy
You'll also continue to deepen your theoretical knowledge in the core areas of linguistics that you choose to pursue. Second-year linguistics modules cover areas including phonetics and phonology, language variation and change, syntax, semantics, interaction, and psycholinguistics. In previous years, options have included:
- Intermediate Syntax
- Intermediate Phonetics & Phonology
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language 1
Year 3
- Year Abroad
Year 4
Core modules
- Italian Language and Cultures: Proficient
Option modules
You will also study five option modules. In previous years, options have covered topics such as:
Italian modules
- Translation: Methodology and Practice (Italian)
- Mass Media, Culture and Intellectuals in Contemporary Italy
- Filming the Nation: Cinematic Representations of Modern Italy
- Independent study in Italian
Linguistics modules
- Advanced Topics in Phonetics and Phonology
- Bilingualism
- Multimodality: Language and the Body
- Psycholinguistics
- Advanced Topics in Psycholinguistics
- Neurolinguistics: Language and the Brain
- Issues at the Syntax and Semantics Interface
- Crosslinguistic Semantics
- A Usage-based View of Language
- English Place-names across Time and Space
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language II
