BA Linguistics
Entry requirements
A level: A*AA IB: 41-42 points, with 776 at Higher Level . We don't ask for any specific subjects to apply to Linguistics. We recommend these subjects for a strong application: an essay-based subject
About this course
BA (Hons) in Linguistics, an English Language and Linguistics degree exploring properties shared by all languages and their connections to the human mind. From the second year onwards, students can choose to specialise through optional papers according to individual academic interests. The first year covers foundational modules including Sounds and Words, Structures and Meanings, Language, Brains and Machines, and Linguistic Variation and Change. The second year provides broader exploration through modules such as Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology, Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics, Historical Linguistics, History of Ideas on Language, History of English, History of French, Language Acquisition, Psychology of Language Processing and Learning, Language Typology and Cognition, and Computational Linguistics. The final year comprises a compulsory Linguistic Theory paper alongside two further papers selected from the remaining options from the second year, with potential additional activities including research trips or payment of volunteers for dissertation research.
Modules
- Sounds and Words – an introduction to phonetics, phonology and morphology
- Structures and Meanings – looking at topics including sentence construction, semantics and pragmatics
- Language, Brains and Machines – considering the relationships of language to cognitive and computational factors
- Linguistic Variation and Change – contemporary linguistic variation and historical change
- Phonetics
- Phonology and Morphology
- Syntax
- Semantics and Pragmatics
- Historical Linguistics
- History of Ideas on Language
- History of English
- History of French
- Language Acquisition
- Psychology of Language Processing and Learning
- Language Typology and Cognition
- Computational Linguistics
- Linguistic Theory – a general theory paper
- 2 further papers from the remaining options from your second year