Department of Language and Linguistic Science
MSc in Linguistics 2024-25
| Core Modules | ||||||||
| Title of Module or Group of Modules | Module Code (for existing modules) | Credit value | Prerequisites, corequisites, prohibited combinations | Module Timing | ||||
| Dissertation in Linguistics | LAN00047M | 60 | Semester 2 + Summer Vacation | |||||
| Optional Modules | ||||||||
| Title of Module or Group of Modules | Module Code (for existing modules) | Credit value | Prerequisites, corequisites, prohibited combinations | Module Timing | ||||
| Phonetics and Phonology Group A (specialist modules) | ||||||||
| Advanced Phonetics & Phonology | LAN00129M | 20 | Phonetics and Phonology in Group B prohibited | Semester 1 | ||||
| Phonological Development | LAN00054M | 20 | Phonetics and Phonology in Group B prohibited | Semester 2 | ||||
| Prosody of English | LAN00030M | 20 | Phonetics & Phonology | Semester 2 | ||||
| Sociophonetics | LAN00044M | 20 | Quantitative Methods co-requisite | Semester 2 | ||||
| Syntax and Semantics Group A (specialist modules) | ||||||||
| Universals and Variation in Syntactic Systems | LAN00101M | 20 | Syntax, Syntactic Theory, Semantics, Semantic Theory in Group B are prohibited | Semester 1 | ||||
| Advanced Topics in Syntax | LAN00105M | 20 | Syntax, Syntactic Theory, Semantics, Semantic Theory in Group B are prohibited | Semester 2 | ||||
| Directed Readings in Syntax | LAN000106M | 20 | Syntax, Syntactic Theory, Semantics, Semantic Theory in Group B are prohibited | Semester 2 | ||||
| Semantic Theory | LAN00024M | 20 | Semantics | Semester 2 | ||||
| Sociolinguistics Group A (specialist modules) | ||||||||
| Dialect Grammar of British English | LAN00103M | 20 | Language Variation and Change in Group B prohibited | Semester 1 | ||||
| Advanced Topics in Language Variation & Change | LAN00057M | 20 | Language Variation and Change in Group B prohibited | Semester 2 | ||||
| Sociophonetics | LAN00044M | 20 | Quantitative Methods co-requisite | Semester 2 | ||||
| Other Group A (specialist modules) | ||||||||
| A usage-based view of language | LAN00084M | 20 | Semester 1 | |||||
| Conversation Analysis | LAN00112M | 20 | Semester 1 | |||||
| English Corpus Linguistics | LAN00032H | 20 | Semester 1 | |||||
| Linguistic Computations: Real and Artificial Intelligence | LAN00093M | 20 | Semester 2 | |||||
| Multimodality: Language & the Body | LAN00077M | 20 | Semester 2 | |||||
| Quantitative Methods | LAN00098M | 20 | Semester 2 | |||||
| Neurolinguistics: Language & the Brain | LAN00083M | 20 | Semester 2 | |||||
| Group B (non-Specialist modules) | ||||||||
| Language Variation and Change | LAN00088M | 20 | Semester 1 | |||||
| Phonetics and Phonology | LAN00091M | 20 | Semester 1 | |||||
| Semantics | LAN00095M | 20 | Semester 1 | |||||
| Syntax | LAN00089M | 20 | Semester 1 | |||||