Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Phonology (LASC11089)

Course Outline
School	School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	Description of salient phonological phenomena mainly exemplified from English; their analysis in terms of current linguistic theory. Formative feedback event; - students to see course organiser with a draft bibliography/essay outline during office hours (Tuesdays 3pm onwards) before starting to write essays in full.
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Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Course Start Date	21/09/2015
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 22, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 75 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 70 %, Practical Exam 30 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Class Test (30% - taken during week 6) and one 2,500 word essay (70% submitted in December) Essay deadline: Tuesday 16th December 2014, 12 noon Word limit: 4000 maximum Return deadline: 14th January 2015
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Learning Outcomes
To acquire a basic knowledge of the relevant phenomena appropriate to postgraduate study in English and Applied Linguistics: to develop an ability to discover general patterns in, and to formulate generalisations over sets of relevant data.