BA Linguistics with Italian
Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 35 points BTEC: DDD We consider a range of BTEC qualifications equivalent to 3 A Levels, or in combination with A Levels or other qualifications. For example: Distinction, Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Diploma plus A at A Level Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate plus AA at A level Distinction, Distinction in 2 BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificates plus A at A level
About this course
BA (Hons) Linguistics with Italian, an English Language and Linguistics and Italian degree focusing on the structure of language alongside Italian language and culture. Students study Italian as beginners. The course includes a three-year full-time structure with options for a four-year variant incorporating a year abroad. The first year covers core modules such as Intensive Italian Language and Cultures: Beginner, Language and the Mind, Understanding Language in the Real World, and Understanding Italian-speaking Cultures and Societies (ab initio). The second year advances linguistic and cultural study through Italian Language and Cultures: Advanced and Foundations of Meaning, alongside various optional topics. The final year offers advanced study with options ranging across specialised linguistic and cultural modules, including Independent study in Languages and Cultures.
Modules
- Intensive Italian Language and Cultures: Beginner
- Language and the Mind
- Understanding Language in the Real World
- Understanding Italian-speaking Cultures and Societies (ab initio)
- English Past and Present
- Phonetics and Phonology
- Syntactic Structures
- Italian Language and Cultures: Advanced
- Foundations of Meaning
- The Role of Art in Italian Society
- World Cinemas: Representing National and Transnational Societies and Cultures
- Plurilingualism, Multilingualism and Transnational Languages: Concepts, Strategies and Approaches
- Aspects of a Theory of Syntax
- Acoustic Phonetics and Phonological Analysis
- Sociolinguistics
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language I
- Language Acquisition
- The Language of Turn and Sequence
- Translation: Methodology and Practice
- The Mafia from its Origins to the Present Day
- Independent study in Languages and Cultures
- Italian Language and Cultures: Proficient
- World Cinemas: Representing National and Transnational Societies and Cultures
- Independent Study in Translation
- Forensic Phonetics
- Topics in Phonetics and Phonology
- Bilingualism
- Multimodality: Language and the Body
- Psycholinguistics: Language Processing
- Topics in Psycholinguistics: Language Processing
- Neurolinguistics: Language and the Brain
- Forensic Linguistics
- A Usage-based View of Language
- English Place-names across Time and Space
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language II