Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics

MPhil in Linguistics

Introductory courses available in the first term

Courses are offered by the following departments: Linguistics (Li), French (F), Italian (I), German & Dutch (G&D), Slavonic (Sl), Spanish and Portuguese (SP), Modern Greek (MG), Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic (ASNC).
Further courses or directed reading may be available according to demand

Group A. Established taught courses (lectures and seminars):

Click on the links for information on the courses. Ignore information about examinations which applies to undergraduates only.

• Phonetics (Li)
• Syntax (Li)
• Semantics & Pragmatics (Li)
• Phonology and Morphology (Li)
• Historical Linguistics (Li)
• History & Varieties of English (Li)⁴
• History of the French Language (Li)
• Linguistic Theory (Li)
• Language Typology (Li)
• Psychology of Language Processing and Learning (Li)
• Computational Linguistics (Li)
• First and Second Language Acquisition (Li)


• The French Language: Variation & Change (F)
• The Language of Italy (I)
• The Hispanic Languages (SP)
• Germanic Philology (ASNC)
• The History of the German Language (G&D)
• The Slavonic Languages (Sl)
• The History of the Russian Language (Sl)
• The Romance Languages (F, I, Sp)
• History and structure of modern Greek (MG)

Group B: Courses normally available on request as directed reading:

Students are allowed to choose at most two courses from Group B.

• Philosophy of Language (Li)
• History of Linguistic Thought in the German Speaking World (G&D)
• History and structure of the Welsh language (Li)³
• Syntax of the modern Celtic languages (Li)³
• History and structure of the Breton language (Li)³
• Language Death (F)*
• Slavonic Syntax (Sl, Li)¹
• The Structure and History of the Bulgarian Language (Sl, Li)¹
• Russian Historical Syntax(Sl, Li)¹
• History of the Modern Greek Language (MG)
• French Dialectology (F)*
• French Phonetics and Phonology (F)
• French Sociolinguistics (F)
• French Syntax (F)
• Language Contact in France and the French-Speaking World (F)*;
• Italian Phonetics and Phonology (I)
• Dialect Syntax (I)
• Historical Topics in Italo-Romance (I)
• Romance Syntax (F,I,Sp)*
• Italian Dialectology (I)*
• Italian Syntax Seminar (I)*
• Hispanic Historical Syntax (SP)²
• Syntax of Hispanic Languages (SP)²
• Phonology of the Hispanic Languages (SP)²

¹ Only one of the Slavonic courses will normally be available in any one academic year.
² Only one of the Hispanic courses will normally be available in any one academic year.
³ Only one of the Celtic courses will normally be available in any one academic year.
⁴ Varieties only will be covered in the Michaelmas Term.
* Not available 2012-13

See also information on the available pathways.

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