Postgraduate Course: Methods in Theoretical Linguistics MSc (LASC11184)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | In this course you will become familiar with the core techniques used by theoretical linguists to build theories, design hypothesis-driven studies to test those theories, and disseminate your findings. |
| Course description |
This course helps you to develop a practical understanding of how to conduct research in theoretical linguistics. Topics to be covered include:
- Objects of study and large-scale research goals in theoretical linguistics;
- What is a linguistic theory? How do hypotheses relate to theories?
- Types of argument in theoretical linguistics;
- Types of evidence, and the relationship between theory and data;
- How to produce and disseminate theoretical research, and how to review theoretical work.
The course is designed to help you identify your own research question in theoretical linguistics, and conduct research to address your research question.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 10 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 33,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
163 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Research proposal - 20%«br /»
Peer review - 10%«br /»
Essay - 70% |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the role of theory in linguistic research
- Derive predictions from established theories
- Develop, test, and reformulate hypotheses
- Identify and evaluate appropriate data sources for testing empirical hypotheses
- Develop advanced skills in the presentation of structured theoretical arguments
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Skills:
Research and enquiry (the course helps students to identify and pursue their own research topics in theoretical linguistics).
Personal and intellectual autonomy (by helping students to identify and pursue their own research goals, the course enhances students' intellectual autonomy).
Communication (the course develops students' skills in different academic writing genres -- abstract, peer review, research report).
We hope that the course also addresses Mindsets: enquiry and lifelong learning / Aspiration and personal development, in that it is designed to get students thinking about goals of theoretical enquiry in the medium-to-long term. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Robert Truswell
Tel: (0131 6)51 5511
Email: |
Course secretary | |
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