Linguistics (with specialist pathways in English Language, Language Acquisition, and European Languages) MA

• SEL8500 Research Methods in Language and Linguistics
• SEL8510 Dissertation

You will take one of the following 20 credit compulsory modules/module combinations:

• SEL8116 Syntactic Analysis and
• SEL8117 Phonetics and Phonology
  
  
• SEL8026 Generative Syntax
• SEL8028 Issues in Syntax
• SEL8029 Introduction to Cross-Linguistic Syntax
• SEL8154 Issues in Phonological Theory I

You will take 40 credits from the following compulsory modules:

• SEL8163 The Sociolinguistics of Language and Society
• SEL8361 The Social History of English
• SEL8639 Ethno-Linguistic Variation
• SEL8328 Extended Study

You will take 60 credits from the following compulsory modules:

• ALT8094 Language Learning
• SEL8040 Neurocognition of Language Development
• SEL8643 Introduction to Second Language Acquisition
• SEL8338 Phonology in Second Language Acquisition
• SEL8328 Extended Study

You will take 20 credits from the following compulsory modules:

• SML8021 A Comparative History of German and English
• SML8105 Issues in the Diachrony of French
• SPA8017 Spanish and Romance Word Analysis

All students take modules from the following list to bring the number of taught credits to 120. Up to 40 credits may be taken from the School of Education, Communication and Language Science modules.

• ALT8094 Language Learning
• CCC8015 Sociolinguistics
• SEL8026 Generative Syntax
• SEL8028 Issues in Syntax
• SEL8029 Introduction to Cross-Linguistic Syntax
• SEL8033 Evolutionary Linguistics
• SEL8040 Neurocognition of Language Development
• SEL8154 Issues in Phonological Theory I
• SEL8163 The Sociolinguistics of Language and Society
• SEL8205 Issues in Phonological Theory II
• SEL8338 Phonology in SLA
• SEL8361 The Social History of English
• SEL8639 Ethno-Linguistic Variation
• SEL8643 Introduction to Second Language Acquisition
• SPA8017 Spanish and Romance Word Analysis
• SML8105 Issues in the Diachrony of French
• SML8021 A Comparative History of German and English
• SEL8513 Phonetics and Phonology of Accents
• SEL8204 Lexical Innovation
• SEL8028 Issues in Syntax
• SEL8029 Introduction to Cross - Linguistic Syntax
• SEL8154 Issues in Phonological Theory

Modules might change for your year of entry.

A 2:1 honours degree, or international equivalent, in:

• linguistics
• a language (studied on its own or with another subject)
• a discipline primarily involving the scientific study of human cognition or behaviour (eg cognitive science, psychology, anthropology, sociology)

We will also consider your application on an individual basis if you have lower or non-standard qualifications and at least two years relevant professional experience.