BA Linguistics with German
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 32 points
About this course
BA Honours in English Language and Linguistics and German. Core topics include Research Methods. The course covers English and German language at intermediate and advanced levels, with modules in Phonetics and Phonological Theory, Syntactic Theory, and Sociolinguistics. A year abroad in Germany takes place during the third year.
Modules
- Level B.2 (HE Intermediate) German
- The Nature of Language
- Introduction to the Structure of Language 1: Phonetics, Phonology & Morphology
- Introduction to Language Structure 2: Syntax, semantics and pragmatics
- Dealing with Data
- Introduction to German history, culture and society
- Introduction to Linguistics
- Academic Study and Research Skills
- Level C (HE Advanced) German
- Phonetics and Phonological Theory
- Syntactic Theory
- Year Abroad Preparation
- Berlin: culture and society from the Weimar to the Berlin Republic
- Radicalism, Revolt and Revolution in German Thought
- Dutch I
- Sociolinguistics
- Early English: Texts, Patterns and Varieties
- Monsters, Misery & Miracles: Heroic Life in Old English Poetry
- Experimental Methods in Linguistics
- Pragmatic Theory
- CHiLD: Current Hypotheses in Language Development
- It's not what you say, it's how you say it: Prosody and intonation
- Experimental Practicum
- Philosophy of Linguistics
- Year Abroad Posts
- Level D (HE Further Advanced): German for Professional and Academic Purposes
- Short-form Dissertation 1: English Language and Linguistics
- Short-form Dissertation 2: English Language and Linguistics
- Dissertation/T&I Project
- A Comparative History of German and English: phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon
- Sociolinguistics
- Early English: Texts, Patterns and Varieties
- Monsters, Misery & Miracles: Heroic Life in Old English Poetry
- Experimental Methods in Linguistics
- Pragmatic Theory
- CHiLD: Current Hypotheses in Language Development
- It's not what you say, it's how you say it: Prosody and intonation
- Philosophy of Linguistics
- Language in the City
- Language and Ageing
- Advanced Second Language Acquisition
- From Input to Output: The Blackbox of Child Language Acquisition
- Medieval and Early Modern Meaning: English Historical Semantics
- Current Issues in Linguistics
- New Words in English
- Multilingualism