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Language Sciences
SCQF Level 08 (9 courses)
Code
Availability
Course Name
Period
Credits
LASC08016
A Brief Introduction to Language
Not delivered this year
20
LASC08017
SV1
LEL2A: Linguistic Theory and the Structure of English
Semester 1
20
LASC08018
SV1
LEL2B: Phonetic Analysis and Empirical Methods
Semester 1
20
LASC08019
SV1
LEL2C: English in Time and Space
Semester 2
20
LASC08020
SV1
LEL2D: Cross-linguistic Variation: Limits and Theories
Semester 2
20
LASC08021
SV1
LEL2E: Structure and History of European Languages
Semester 2
20
LASC08015
Linguistics & English Language 1
Not delivered this year
40
LASC08022
SV1
Linguistics and English Language 1A
Semester 1
20
LASC08023
SV1
Linguistics and English Language 1B
Semester 2
20
SCQF Level 10 (63 courses)
Code
Availability
Course Name
Period
Credits
LASC10058
Advanced Topics in Phonetics: Speech Production and Perception (Honours)
Not delivered this year
20
LASC10092
Celtic, English, and Norse in Contact
Not delivered this year
20
LASC10077
SV1
Child Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
Semester 2
20
LASC10081
Computational Phonology
Not delivered this year
20
LASC10079
SV1
Computer Programming for Speech and Language Processing
Semester 1
20
LASC10055
Corpus Linguistics
Not delivered this year
20
LASC10082
Current Issues in English Phonology
Not delivered this year
20
LASC10070
SV1
Current Issues in Morphology
Semester 2
20
LASC10089
SV1
Current Issues in Phonology
Semester 2
20
LASC10069
SV1
Current Issues in Semantics and Pragmatics
Semester 2
20
LASC10071
SV1
Current Issues in Syntax
Semester 2
20
LASC10068
Dialectology in the British Isles
Not delivered this year
20
LASC10085
Dialects of English in Britain and Ireland
Not delivered this year
20
LASC10063
SS1
Dissertation Completion following Study Abroad
Full Year
20
LASC10060
SS1
Dissertation Preparation Abroad
Full Year
20
LASC10024
SS1
Dissertation in Language Sciences
Full Year
40
LASC10080
Early Germanic Dialects
Not delivered this year
20
LASC10017
SV1
English Historical Syntax
Semester 2
20
LASC10007
SV1
English Word-Formation
Semester 1
20
LASC10097
SV1
English Word-Formation (S2)
Semester 2
20
LASC10045
SV1
English grammar: a cognitive account
Semester 1
20
LASC10087
Experimental Pragmatics
Not delivered this year
20
LASC10066
SV1
Figurative Language
Semester 2
20
LASC10029
SV1
First Language Acquisition (Honours)
Semester 1
20
LASC10056
SV1
Global Englishes
Semester 2
20
LASC10021
SV1
Historical Linguistics
Semester 2
20
LASC10046
SV1
Historical Phonology
Semester 2
20
LASC10096
History of Linguistics
Not delivered this year
20
LASC10098
SV1
History of Scots
Semester 2
20
LASC10095
SV1
Language Pathology
Semester 2
20
LASC10102
SV1
Language Variation and Change
Semester 2
20
LASC10076
SV1
Language, Politics and Identity
Semester 2
20
LASC10011
SV1
Lexical Semantics
Semester 2
20
LASC10050
Linguistic Fieldwork and Language Description
Not delivered this year
20
LASC10094
SV1
Methods in Dialectology
Semester 2
20
LASC10009
SV1
Middle English
Semester 1
20
LASC10086
Morphology
Not delivered this year
20
LASC10031
SV1
Origins and Evolution of Language (Hons)
Semester 1
20
LASC10090
SV1
Phonetics and Laboratory Phonology
Semester 1
20
LASC10088
SV1
Phonological Theory
Semester 1
20
LASC10083
Phonological Theory and English Phonology
Not delivered this year
20
LASC10067
SV1
Pragmatics
Semester 2
20
LASC10035
SV1
Psycholinguistics
Semester 1
20
LASC10049
SV1
Reading Old English
Semester 1
20
LASC10103
SS1
Research Ethics Training in Linguistics & English Language
Flexible
0
LASC10072
SV1
Scots and Scottish English
Semester 1
20
LASC10030
SV1
Second Language Acquisition (Honours)
Semester 2
20
LASC10093
SV1
Sign Language Linguistics
Semester 2
20
LASC10018
SV1
Simulating Language
Semester 2
20
LASC10002
Sociolinguistics
Not delivered this year
20
LASC10101
SV1
Special Topics in Phonetics
Semester 2
20
LASC10061
SV1
Speech Processing (Hons)
Semester 1
20
LASC10104
SV1
Speech Production and Perception
Semester 2
20
LASC10062
SV1
Speech Synthesis
Semester 2
20
LASC10033
SV1
Statistics and Experimental Design
Semester 1
20
LASC10065
Syntactic Theory and English Syntax
Not delivered this year
20
LASC10084
SV1
Syntax: Theory and Practice
Semester 1
20
LASC10091
The Grammar of Variation
Not delivered this year
20
LASC10078
SV1
The Sociolinguistics of Bilingualism
Semester 2
20
LASC10059
SS1
Third-year Project in Language Sciences
Full Year
40
LASC10100
SV1
Universals of Language
Semester 1
20
LASC10073
SS1
Year Abroad Work for Degrees in Modern European Languages and Linguistics or English Language
Full Year
40
LASC10099
SS1
Year Abroad Work for Degrees in Modern European Languages and Linguistics or English Language with dissertation
Full Year
20
SCQF Level 11 (84 courses)
Code
Availability
Course Name
Period
Credits
LASC11101
SV1
Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching
Semester 2
20
LASC11114
SS1
Child Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
Semester 2
10
LASC11118
Computational Phonology
Not delivered this year
20
LASC11096
SV1
Computer Programming for Speech and Language Processing
Semester 1
10
LASC11078
Corpus Linguistics (MSc)
Not delivered this year
20
LASC11073
SV1
Current Issues in Language Evolution
Semester 2
10
LASC11102
Current Issues in Morphology (MSc)
Not delivered this year
20
LASC11123
SS1
Current Issues in Phonology
Semester 2
20
LASC11103
SV1
Current Issues in Semantics and Pragmatics (MSc)
Semester 2
20
LASC11104
SV1
Current Issues in Syntax (MSc)
Semester 2
20
LASC11134
SS1
Developmental Language Disorders
Semester 2
10
LASC11010
SV1
Diachronic Linguistics
Semester 2
20
LASC11117
Dialects of English in Britain and Ireland
Not delivered this year
20
LASC11009
SV1
Discourse Studies
Semester 2
20
LASC11037
SV1
Dissertation (MSc in Speech and Language Processing)
Full Year
60
LASC11074
SV1
Dissertation (MScR, English Language)
Full Year
180
LASC11075
SV1
Dissertation (MScR, Linguistics)
Full Year
180
LASC11135
SS1
Dissertation in Linguistics
Full Year
60
LASC11136
SS1
Dissertation in Phonetics
Full Year
60
LASC11082
SV1
Dissertation with Coursework(MScR, English Language)
Full Year
140
LASC11081
SV1
Dissertation with Coursework(MScR, Linguistics)
Full Year
140
LASC11036
SV1
Dissertation: MSc in Applied Linguistics
Full Year
60
LASC11035
SV1
Dissertation: MSc in Developmental Linguistics
Full Year
60
LASC11033
SV1
Dissertation: MSc in Evolution of Language and Cognition
Full Year
60
LASC11116
Early Germanic Dialects
Not delivered this year
20
LASC11057
SV1
English Historical Syntax
Semester 2
20
LASC11092
SS1
English Word-Formation
Semester 1
20
LASC11131
SS1
English Word-Formation (S2)
Semester 2
20
LASC11054
SV1
English grammar: a cognitive account
Semester 1
20
LASC11126
Experimental Pragmatics
Not delivered this year
10
LASC11100
SS1
Figurative Language (MSc)
Semester 2
20
LASC11013
SV1
First Language Acquisition
Semester 1
20
LASC11006
SV1
Foundations of Evolution
Semester 1
10
LASC11079
SS1
Global Englishes (MSc)
Semester 2
20
LASC11150
SS1
Guided Research in Morphology
Full Year
20
LASC11151
SS1
Guided Research in Phonology
Full Year
20
LASC11146
SS1
Guided Research in Semantics
Full Year
20
LASC11149
SS1
Guided Research in Syntax
Full Year
20
LASC11053
SV1
Historical Phonology
Semester 2
20
LASC11129
History of Linguistics
Not delivered this year
20
LASC11130
SS1
History of Scots
Semester 2
20
LASC11121
SS1
History of the English Language
Semester 2
10
LASC11093
SV1
Introduction to Discourse Analysis
Semester 1
10
LASC11091
SS1
Introduction to Language Research
Full Year
10
LASC11120
Introduction to Morphology
Not delivered this year
10
LASC11132
SS1
Introduction to Morphology (S2)
Semester 2
10
LASC11089
SV1
Introduction to Phonology
Semester 1
10
LASC11031
SV1
Introduction to Phonology and Phonetics
Semester 1
10
LASC11143
SS1
Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics
Semester 1
10
LASC11085
SV1
Introduction to Syntax
Semester 1
10
LASC11028
SV1
Issues in Applied Linguistics
Semester 1
10
LASC11124
SS1
Language Evolution in the Lab
Semester 2
10
LASC11141
SS1
Language Variation and Change MSc
Semester 2
20
LASC11008
SV1
Language and Identity in Bilingual Settings
Semester 2
20
LASC11055
SV1
Lexical Semantics
Semester 2
20
LASC11061
Linguistic Fieldwork and Language Description
Not delivered this year
20
LASC11144
SS1
Linguistic Research Skills
Full Year
20
LASC11133
SS1
Methods in Dialectology
Semester 2
20
LASC11063
SV1
Middle English
Semester 1
20
LASC11112
SV1
Origins and Evolution of Language
Semester 1
20
LASC11125
SS1
Phonetics and Laboratory Phonology
Semester 1
10
LASC11137
SS1
Phonetics and Laboratory Phonology MSc (20 Credits)
Semester 1
20
LASC11148
SS1
Phonological Theory
Semester 1
20
LASC11147
Phonological Theory and English Phonology
Not delivered this year
20
LASC11122
Phylogenetic Analysis of Language
Not delivered this year
10
LASC11032
SV1
Postgraduate Dissertation in English Language
Full Year
60
LASC11097
SV1
Pragmatics (MSc)
Semester 2
20
LASC11038
SV1
Psycholinguistics
Semester 1
20
LASC11015
SV1
Psychology of Language Learning
Semester 1
10
LASC11058
SV1
Reading Old English
Semester 1
20
LASC11145
SS1
Research Ethics Training in Linguistics and English Language
Flexible
0
LASC11127
SS1
Research Methods in Developmental Linguistics
Semester 2
10
LASC11106
SV1
Scots and Scottish English (MSc)
Semester 1
20
LASC11014
SV1
Second Language Acquisition
Semester 2
20
LASC11113
SS1
Simulating Language
Semester 2
20
LASC11152
SS1
Sociolinguistic Research Design
Semester 1
10
LASC11140
SS1
Special Topics in Phonetics MSc
Semester 2
10
LASC11001
SV1
Special Topics in Sociolinguistics
Semester 2
20
LASC11065
SV1
Speech Processing
Semester 1
10
LASC11142
SS1
Speech Production and Perception MSc (10 Credits)
Semester 2
10
LASC11138
SS1
Speech Production and Perception MSc (20 Credits)
Semester 2
20
LASC11062
SV1
Speech Synthesis
Semester 2
10
LASC11139
SS1
Universals of Language MSc
Semester 1
20
PSYL11060
Evolutionary Psychology
Not delivered this year
10
Key
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Part-year visiting students only - VV
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