Linguistics with English Literature BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Bangor

£ 11,750 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Bangor (Wales)

  • Duration

    3 Years

  • Start date

    September

We tend to take our ability to produce and understand speech for granted until we try to learn another language, watch how a child learns a first language, or witness the effects of language handicap. Linguistics is the study of language abilities, how they are acquired, how they are used, and how they may be impaired. Because speech is so central to our very existence it is a fascinating and rewarding subject to study. This course is an ideal background for many careers, especially those in the teaching and caring professions, but also in more 'high tech' fields like computing and telecommunications. This course offers you the opportunity to study texts and authors from an exceptionally wide range of English, British and American literature. During your degree these works are studied in a variety of ways, some emphasising, for example, the social or political context in which a text was produced; others are studied with a more linguistic or stylistic approach. The course course aims to develop your skills in reading literature and to introduce you to new critical techniques and ways of studying literary texts. Through the study of English literature you will develop critical capacities and a range of invaluable intellectual and interpersonal skills: the ability to evaluate and interpret material and the capacity to explain it logically, orally or on paper, the ability to work independently and as a member of a group, to manage your own time and to work to deadlines set by yourself and others. These are skills which are sought by employers in many fields.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bangor (Gwynedd)
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LL57 2DG

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

About this course


The course aims to enable understudies to: identify in texts a range of linguistic and literary features

relate the meaning of a text to its formal and rhetorical aspects

understand some of the central ideas in contemporary critical theory

apply these concepts, both analytically and imaginatively, to the reading of literary texts.

demonstrate appropriate academic writing skills, including referencing and bibliography.


A degree from the School of Linguistics and English Language equips you with knowledge and skills which will open many doors for you when choosing a career.

Our courses in Child Language Acquisition, Speech and Language Disorders offer a good foundation for those who wish to pursue postgraduate training in speech and language therapy in order to qualify as a speech and language therapist.
Our courses on English Grammar and Child Language Acquisition offer a good foundation for those who wish to pursue a PGCE (teacher training qualification).
Courses in Teaching English as a foreign Language are invaluable for those who wish to teach English Overseas.

300 260 points or equivalent, no specific subjects required
We consider mature students and Access students with non standard qualifications.

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Subjects

  • English Language
  • IT
  • Teaching
  • English
  • Phonology
  • Skills and Training
  • English Literature
  • Linguistics
  • Academic skills
  • Basic linguistic terminology
  • English and Society
  • Language and Culture
  • Dialect and social aspects
  • Language policy and bilingualism
  • Linguistics with English Literature
  • Syntax & Morphology
  • Language and cultural aspects

Course programme

What will you study on this course? Year 1 You will take 4 modules in Linguistics and 2 in English Literature. Compulsory 20 credit modules in the School of Linguistics and English Language: Introduction to Language: how to be a linguist; the different subfields of linguistics; introduce basic linguistic terminology; academic skills. Introduction to Syntax & Morphology: the structure of words and sentences and how it is analysed in different theories. English and Society or Language and Culture: how language varies according to dialect and social aspects; the relationship between language and cultural aspects such as language policy and bilingualism. Years 2 and 3 Compulsory 2nd year modules will include such topics as phonology, syntax, semantics, and bilingualism. In the third year you will get a choice from a wide range of English Language and English Literature modules. There are also Welsh medium modules available as options in the second and third year. For more details see the listing for English Language including the requirement for a dissertation, and the entry for English Literature for module selections from that School. Examples of recent dissertation topics include: A study of the writing skills of a child with dyslexia, The language characteristics of an adult suffering from schizophrenia, A linguistic analysis of Shakespeare's English, Do men dominate conversation more than women?, An analysis of Welsh clause structure, The use of language in children's literature in the 19th and 20th centuries, An analysis of doctors' speech to patients, The teaching of literacy skills in primary schools.

Linguistics with English Literature BA (Hons)

£ 11,750 VAT inc.