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BA English Language and Linguistics

Cardiff University

Institution
Cardiff University
Level
undergraduate
Subject
English language and literature
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
2HS6
Typical offer
A-level ABB

Entry requirements

A level: ABB

About this course

BA in English Language and Linguistics. Core topics include research methods in linguistic analysis. The programme includes Welsh-language module options in phonetics and sociolinguistics, and the first year covers foundational topics in how language works. The final year centres on communicating specialist topics to different audiences.

Modules

  • Language and the Mind
  • How Language Works 1
  • How Language Works 2
  • Developing English: History and Society
  • Understanding Communication
  • Writing at University and Beyond
  • Discourse
  • Structure, Meaning and Function
  • Sounds of Speech
  • Tafodieitheg
  • Sosioieithyddiaeth a’r Gymraeg
  • Style and Genre
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Language and Gender
  • History of English
  • First and Second Language Acquisition
  • Working with Linguistic Data
  • Tafodieitheg
  • Sosioieithyddiaeth a’r Gymraeg
  • Cyfieithu Proffesiynol
  • Forensic Linguistics
  • Communicating in Relationships
  • Communication Disorders
  • Dialect in Literature and Film
  • Professional and Intercultural Communication
  • Experimental Approaches to Psycholinguistics
  • Language and Popular Culture
  • Phraseology in Theory and Application
  • Dissertation in Language and Linguistics 1
  • Dissertation in Language and Linguistics 2