Joint Honors/Major in Linguistics
Years 1 and 2
In the first two years of the Linguistics course you will learn about many aspects of human language, including how sounds are produced and perceived (phonetics and phonology), how words are built (morphology), how words are combined to form sentences (syntax), how meanings are expressed (semantics).
Depending on your chosen pathway, you will be taking modules from among the following:
First Year
- LIU11008 Introduction to Linguistics I
- LIU11009 Syntax I
- LIU11010 Phonetics and Phonology I
- LIU11012 Introduction to Linguistics II
- LIU11011 Semantics I
- LIU11013 First Language Acquisition
Second Year
- LIU22005 Syntax II
- LIU22010 Applied Linguistics I
- LIU22007 Sociolinguistics
- LIU22008 Phonology II
- LIU22009 Morphology
- LIU22006 Introduction to Sign Linguistics I
- LIU22011 Phonetics and Phonology Lab
- LIU22012 Pragmatics I
Years 3 and 4
A wide menu of modules in the third and fourth years offers deeper specialisation as well as exploration of applied and interdisciplinary topics.
Depending on your chosen pathway, you will be taking modules from among the following:
Third Year
- LIU33005 Discourse Analysis
- LIU33006 Research Methodology
- LIU33007 Second Language Acquisition
- LIU33008 Semantics II
- LIU33009 Applied Linguistics II
- LIU33010 Historical Linguistics
- LIU33011 Phonetics II
- LIU33012 Introduction to Sign Linguistics II
Fourth Year
- LIU44004 Multilingualism
- LIU44008 Pragmatics II
- LIU44006 Language Policy and Planning
- LIU44007 Language Learning and Technology
- LIU44002 Computational Linguistics
- LIU44005 Phonology III
- LIU44009 Syntax III
- LIU44010 Semantics III
- LIU44011 Linguistics Capstone Project
Linguistics Capstone Project (LIU44011)
If you take Linguistics as a Major subject, you will complete a capstone project on a chosen topic in your final year. You will be assigned a supervisor to help you with topic selection and planning and to provide you with support in research and writing. The project is also supported by a third-year module in Research Methodology.