Course Content
Year 1
- Introduction to phonetics and phonology
- Introduction to syntax
- Introduction to sociolinguistics
- Introduction to semantics
Year 2
- Introduction to Language Acquisition
Option Modules
Year 1
- Understanding English Grammar
- History of English I
- Languages for All (LFA) modules
- Elective modules
Year 2
You must also take at least one of the following two:
- Intermediate Phonetics and Phonology
- Intermediate Syntax
You will take a selection of Linguistics option modules, examples of which may include:
- Intermediate Semantics
- Intermediate Language Variation and Change
- Introduction to Pragmatics
- Language of Turn and Sequence
- Linguistics as Data Science
- Morphology
- World Englishes
Other options
- Languages for All (LFA) modules
- Elective modules
Year 3
- Bilingualism
- Forensic Phonetics
- Multimodality: Language and the Body
- Psycholinguistics
- Issues at the Syntax and Semantics Interface
- Neurolinguistics: Language and the Brain
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language II
- Independent Study Subject to the approval of your topic by our staff
- Research Extension - extend your assessed essay in place of taking another module (only offered on some modules)
- Take up to two elective modules from another department
