Course Catalogue - Language Sciences

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Language Sciences

SCQF Level 08 (7 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
LASC08016	SV1	A Brief Introduction to Language	Semester 1	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	SV1	Linguistics & English Language 1	Full Year	40

SCQF Level 10 (64 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
LASC10058		Advanced Topics in Phonetics: Speech Production and Perception (Honours)	Not delivered this year	20
LASC10092	SV1	Celtic, English, and Norse in Contact	Semester 2	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	SV1	Corpus Linguistics	Semester 2	20
LASC10082		Current Issues in English Phonology	Not delivered this year	20
LASC10070		Current Issues in Morphology	Not delivered this year	20
LASC10089		Current Issues in Phonology	Not delivered this year	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	SV1	Dialects of English in Britain and Ireland	Semester 2	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	SV1	Early Germanic Dialects	Semester 2	20
LASC10017		English Historical Syntax	Not delivered this year	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		Figurative Language	Not delivered this year	20
LASC10029	SV1	First Language Acquisition (Honours)	Semester 1	20
LASC10056	SV1	Global Englishes	Semester 1	20
LASC10021	SV1	Historical Linguistics	Semester 2	20
LASC10046	SV1	Historical Phonology	Semester 2	20
LASC10096	SV1	History of Linguistics	Semester 2	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		Language, Politics and Identity	Not delivered this year	20
LASC10011	SV1	Lexical Semantics	Semester 1	20
LASC10050	SV1	Linguistic Fieldwork and Language Description	Semester 1	20
LASC10052		Linguistic Reconstruction and Language Classification	Not delivered this year	20
LASC10094	SV1	Methods in Dialectology	Semester 1	20
LASC10009	SV1	Middle English	Semester 1	20
LASC10086	SV1	Morphology	Semester 1	20
LASC10031	SV1	Origins and Evolution of Language (Hons)	Semester 1	20
LASC10090	SV1	Phonetics and Laboratory Phonology	Semester 1	20
LASC10088		Phonological Theory	Not delivered this year	20
LASC10083	SV1	Phonological Theory and English Phonology	Semester 1	20
LASC10067	SV1	Pragmatics	Semester 2	20
LASC10035	SV1	Psycholinguistics	Semester 1	20
LASC10049	SV1	Reading Old English	Semester 2	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		Sign Language Linguistics	Not delivered this year	20
LASC10018	SV1	Simulating Language	Semester 2	20
LASC10002	SV1	Sociolinguistics	Semester 1	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		The Sociolinguistics of Bilingualism	Not delivered this year	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 (79 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
LASC11101	SV1	Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching	Semester 2	20
LASC11107		Biolinguistics	Not delivered this year	10
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	SV1	Corpus Linguistics (MSc)	Semester 2	20
LASC11073	SV1	Current Issues in Language Evolution	Semester 2	10
LASC11102		Current Issues in Morphology (MSc)	Not delivered this year	20
LASC11123		Current Issues in Phonology	Not delivered this year	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	SS1	Dialects of English in Britain and Ireland	Semester 2	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	SS1	Early Germanic Dialects	Semester 2	20
LASC11057		English Historical Syntax	Not delivered this year	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		Figurative Language (MSc)	Not delivered this year	20
LASC11013	SV1	First Language Acquisition	Semester 1	20
LASC11006	SV1	Foundations of Evolution	Semester 1	10
LASC11079	SS1	Global Englishes (MSc)	Semester 1	20
LASC11053	SV1	Historical Phonology	Semester 2	20
LASC11129	SS1	History of Linguistics	Semester 2	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
LASC11090		Introduction to Semantics	Not delivered this year	10
LASC11143	SS1	Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics	Semester 1	10
LASC11095	SV1	Introduction to Sociolinguistics	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 1	20
LASC11061	SV1	Linguistic Fieldwork and Language Description	Semester 1	20
LASC11067		Linguistic Reconstruction and Language Classification	Not delivered this year	20
LASC11133		Methods in Dialectology	Not delivered this year	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
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 2	20
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
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