Undergraduate Course: Dissertation in Linguistics (LASC11135)
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 | 60 |
ECTS Credits | 30 |
Summary | The dissertation is a supervised piece of empirical research on a specific topic in Linguistics of 8,000 words. |
Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Skills in managing a relatively long-term project
- In-depth knowledge of a particular chosen subfield of Linguistics
- Critical judgement in evaluating existing literature
- Imagination in discerning relevant, possibly new, research questions
- Discipline in argumentation
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Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiser | Prof Nikolas Gisborne
Tel: (0131 6)50 3600
Email: n.gisborne@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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