Course Content
Year 1
Language
You'll take core modules in German. These modules focus on developing your fluency, accuracy and communication expertise
- German Language and Society I
- German Grammar
- Ab initio German
If you are taking German ab initio, you'll take three German modules and three linguistics modules.
- Ab Initio German Language Skills
- Ab Initio German Language and Society
- Ab Initio German Grammar
Linguistics
You'll take a selection of linguistics modules depending on your background in German.
- Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology
- Introduction to Syntax
- Introduction to Sociolinguistics
- Introduction to Semantics
Year 2
Core modules
- German 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 further option modules. In previous years, options have covered topics such as:
- The Berlin Republic
- Contemporary German-speaking Film
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
Option modules
You will study six option modules. In previous years, options have covered topics such as:
German modules
- Translation: Methodology and Practice (German)
- Contemporary German-speaking Film
- Modern German Language
- German Language and Society III
- Independent Study in German
- German Language and Cultures: Proficient
Linguistics modules
- Forensic Phonetics
- Advanced Topics in Phonetics and Phonology
- Bilingualism
- Multimodality: Language and the Body
- Psycholinguistics
- Advanced Topics in Psycholinguistics
- Neurolinguistics: Language and the Brain
- Forensic Linguistics
- The Structure of a Language: Modern Hebrew
- Clinical Phonology
- 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
