Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
Advanced Phonological Theory A Pragmatics |
Advanced Phonological
Theory B Option |
Supervised Reading |
Year 2:
Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
Current Issues in
Phonology A or Introduction to Speech and Hearing Foundational Issues in Syntax or Current Issues in Syntax |
Current Issues in
Phonology B Phonology Research Seminar |
Dissertation |
Possible option topics include: language acquisition, computational
linguistics, language and cognition, philosophy of language and
optimality-theoretic syntax, 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 Foundational Issues in Syntax, Advanced Phonological Theory A and and Pragmatics | jointly 10 % |
1 exam covering Advanced Phonological Theory B and Current Issues in Phonology A | 20 % |
1 essay covering Current Issues in Phonology B (5000 words) | 10 % |
1 essay covering Phonology Research Seminar (5000 words) | 10 % |
1 essay covering Option (5000 words) | 10 % |
Dissertation (minimum 10000 words) | 40 % |
Total | 100 % |
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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
Qualification to be awarded:
MA in Phonology
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