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Language Variation and Change (MA)
Degree Type: Single Honours
POS Code: A1023
UCAS Code: Q190
NYT Course S L CT
1

Linguistics 1A I 8 20
  Linguistics 1B I 8 20
  English Language 1 I 8 40
  Further courses* A-Q 7/8 40
2

Linguistics 2A I 8 20
  Linguistics 2B or Linguistics 2L I 8 20
  English Language 2 I 8 40
  Further courses* A-Q 7/8 40
3† SIXTY credits (60) OF COURSES FROM Groups A and B, of which at least TWENTY (20) credits must be from group a, and at least TWENTY (20) from group b : I 10 60
  GROUP A:      
  Historical Linguistics; Linguistic Reconstruction and Language Classification; Historical Phonology; Historical English Syntax; Old English; Reading Old English; Middle English; Scots – History and Structure; Honours Foundation: Language and Cognition; Origin and Evolution of Language      
  GROUP B:      
  Applied Linguistics; Bilingualism; Corpus Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Global Englishes; Language & Gender; Northern Englishes; Sociolinguistics; Statistics & Experimental Design; Variation in Modern Scots      
  Courses under Language Sciences ‡

I 10 40
  Further courses A-Q 9/10 20
4

SIXTY credits (60) OF COURSES NOT ALREADY TAKEN IN YEAR 3 FROM Groups A and B. at least TWENTY (20) credits must be from group a, and at least TWENTY (20) from group b : I 10 60
  GROUP A:      
  Historical Linguistics; Linguistic Reconstruction and Language Classification; Historical Phonology; Historical English Syntax; Old English; Reading Old English; Middle English; Scots – History and Structure; Honours Foundation: Language and Cognition; Origin and Evolution of Language      
  GROUP B:      
  Applied Linguistics; Bilingualism; Corpus Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Global Englishes; Language & Gender; Northern Englishes; Sociolinguistics; Statistics & Experimental Design; Variation in Modern Scots      
  Dissertation in Language Sciences I 10 40
  Courses under Language Sciences ‡

I 10 20
* At least 40 credits in second year must continue from courses taken in Year 1. A maximum of 40 credits at level 7 is permitted.
† Entry to Honours normally requires a pass at 50% or above, at the first attempt, in either English Language 2 or passes in second year Linguistics courses, with an average mark across these courses of 50% or above.
‡ A LEL booklet and the Honours webpages give details about the courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses.
‡ These courses must include either Honours Foundation: Phonology and Phonetics or Modern English Phonology 1 and one of Honours Foundation: Syntax and Semantics, Lexical Semantics, English Word-Formation, taken in either year 3 or 4.
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