Postgraduate Course: History of Linguistics (LASC11129)

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	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	A survey of national traditions and trans-national exchanges in the study of language and languages from ancient times to the present, with an emphasis on understanding how current approaches have evolved.
Course description	The course examines methodological issues that arise in the history of a scientific discipline, as well as the sociology of the history of linguistics, using models proposed by Kuhn and Latour amongst others. It considers too how linguistics came to be institutionalised as an academic subject, and how its interests overlap with those of anthropology, artificial intelligence, education, informatics, legal theory, literary criticism, philosophy, psychology, religion, semiotics, sociology and other subjects.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 18, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	3500 word essay
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: understand the background of modern linguistic research and how current approaches evolved get a deeper perspective on relevant epistemological issues situate theoretical approaches in their historical context appreciate Latourian and Kuhnian models of history of science gain a critical sense of how to deploy historical evidence and argument