BA Linguistics with Study Abroad
Entry requirements
A level: AAB (English Language preferred.) IB: 36 points (A score of 17 points in three higher level subjects preferably to include English Language, with no higher level score below 5.)
About this course
BA in Linguistics with Study Abroad, an English Language and Linguistics degree focusing on human language patterns. The four-year course includes a year spent abroad during the third year. The first year covers foundational concepts through Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics A, Introduction To Generative Grammar, Core Issues and Academic Skills in Linguistics, Introduction to Children's Language Development, Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics B, Introduction to Phonetics, and Introduction to Phonology. The second year provides optional study in areas such as Introduction to Speech Science, Semantic Theory, Intermediate Pragmatics, Intermediate Generative Grammar: Locality, Intermediate Phonology, and Intermediate Generative Grammar: Word Order. The third year is spent abroad, completing modules like Year-Abroad Self-Evaluation A, Year-Abroad Project, Year-Abroad Self-Evaluation B, Progress Portfolio A, Progress Portfolio B, and Performance Documentation A. The final year centres on the compulsory Long Essay/Project alongside optional study in Pragmatics and Cognition, Pragmatics in a Social Context, Issues in Pragmatics, Semantic-Pragmatic Development, Advanced Semantic Theory, Model-based phonetic science, Current Issues in Syntax, Stages in Language Development, Readings in Syntax, and Constructed languages.
Modules
- Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics A
- Introduction To Generative Grammar
- Core Issues and Academic Skills in Linguistics
- Introduction to Children's Language Development
- Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics B
- Introduction to Phonetics
- Introduction to Phonology
- Introduction to Speech Science
- Semantic Theory
- Intermediate Pragmatics
- Intermediate Generative Grammar: Locality
- Intermediate Phonology
- Intermediate Generative Grammar: Word Order
- Year-Abroad Self-Evaluation A
- Year-Abroad Project
- Year-Abroad Self-Evaluation B
- Progress Portfolio A
- Progress Portfolio B
- Performance Documentation A
- Long Essay/Project
- Pragmatics and Cognition
- Pragmatics in a Social Context
- Issues in Pragmatics
- Semantic-Pragmatic Development
- Advanced Semantic Theory
- Model-based phonetic science
- Current Issues in Syntax
- Stages in Language Development
- Readings in Syntax
- Constructed languages