Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3/summer |
Relevance Theory and Pragmatics | Cognitive Aspects of Pragmatics | Supervised reading |
Advanced Phonological Theory | Option |
Year 2
Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3/summer |
Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics | Philosophical Aspects of Pragmatics | Dissertation |
Foundational Issues in Syntax | Pragmatics Research Seminar |
Possible option topics include: Semantic Theory, Pragmatics & Cognition,
Issues in Pragmatics, Issues in Semantics, Philosophy of Language, Language
Acquisition, Computational Linguistics, amongst many others.
There will be a weekly small group tutorial during terms 1 and 2. During
term 3 and the summer the tutorials are replaced by individual supervision
sessions.
The course is assessed through a mixture of exams and essays, plus the
dissertation, with the weighting given below. The three short exams take place
at the end of term 1 (December). The other assessments take place in the summer
term (May). The dissertation is written over the summer and submitted by 15
September.
Component | Weighting |
3 short exams covering Relevance theory and Pragmatics, Foundational Issues in Syntax, and Phonological Theory A | jointly 10 % |
1 exam covering Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics, and Cognitive Aspects of Pragmatics | 20 % |
1 essay covering Philosophical Aspects of Pragmatics (5000 words) | 10 % |
1 essay covering Pragmatics Research Seminar (5000 words) | 10 % |
1 essay covering Option (5000 words) | 10 % |
Dissertation (10,000- 12,000 words) | 40 % |
Total | 100 % |
Pragmatics: Robyn Carston, Deirdre Wilson, post-doctoral teaching assistants
Syntax: Michael Brody, Ad Neeleman, Neil Smith, Hans van de Koot
Phonology: John Harris, Moira Yip
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Length of the programme: the MA begins in late September and lasts
one calendar year (12 months) full-time or two years part-time.
Entrance requirements: normally, an upper 2nd class BA in
Linguistics, or equivalent
Please visit http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/financial-matters/scholarships/graduate/index.shtml
for an overview of departmental and UCL scholarships and other sources of
funding available.
The Department also provides bursaries to cover part of the tuition fees. You can find details on the UCL web site.
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Graduate Admissions
Department of Phonetics & Linguistics
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