MA Linguistics and Social Anthropology
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (required: no specific A level subjects required) IB: 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) Linguistics and Social Anthropology, a joint degree in anthropology and english language and linguistics focusing on human culture and communication. The programme is delivered over four years. The first year introduces the study of language and its subsystems through Linguistics and English Language 1A and Linguistics and English Language 1B. The second year expands into linguistic theory and the structure of English alongside Social Anthropology 2: Key Concepts and Ethnography: Theory and Practice. Later stages cover advanced topics such as First Language Acquisition, Origins and Evolution of Language, Anthropological Theory, and Kinship.
Modules
- Linguistics and English Language 1A offers a brief introduction to the study of language in general and of English in particular.
- Linguistics and English Language 1B will help you develop the tools and knowledge needed to investigate different subsystems of language.
- regional and social variations of language in general (especially in the English language)
- semantics and pragmatics
- linguistic theory and the structure of English
- variation in the languages of the world
- Social Anthropology 2: Key Concepts
- Ethnography: Theory and Practice
- First Language Acquisition
- Origins and Evolution of Language
- Speech Production and Perception
- Pragmatics
- Anthropological Theory
- Kinship
- Culture and Power
- Ritual and Religion