Thạc sĩ Nghệ thuật Ngôn ngữ & Ngôn ngữ học tiếng Anh (Danh dự)

Year 1

In Year 1, we give you a taster of every part of language study:

• how we get meaning through manipulating sounds, words and sentences

• how different varieties of English and Scots can convey identity across Scotland and the world

• how English as a language developed from its earliest roots to its current form

In the second semester you will learn how pronunciation can be analysed systematically and scientifically, and how our identity shapes what we say and how we are perceived. We will also do a deep dive into the history and current stage of Scots, a particular speciality at Glasgow. Finally, you will trace the second half of our language’s history, from the middle English of Chaucer, through Shakespeare, and into its modern form.

Courses

• ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS 1A: LANGUAGE, MEANING, AND POWER

• ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS 1B: LANGUAGE, SOCIETY, AND CHANGE

In year 1, you will study two courses from English Language & Linguistics with courses from two other subjects.

If you intend to study English Language as a Single Honours degree, you will need to study Level 1 Scottish Literature in Year 1 or Level 1 English Literature in Years 1 or 2.

Year 2

In Year 2 you will delve more deeply into the study of English Language & Linguistics, focusing especially on our areas of research expertise. You will learn to analyse techniques used in speech and consider how the histories of words themselves can shed light on the earliest stages of language. You will also learn about the process of transforming thought into words and about how proper names can reveal historical influences on the labels we assign to the world.

Courses

• ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS 2A: LANGUAGE, PEOPLE, AND CULTURE

• ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS 2B: LANGUAGE, MIND, AND EXPRESSION

In Year Two, you will study two courses from English Language & Linguistics with courses from two other subjects. 

If you intend to study English Language as a Single Honours degree, you will need to study Level 1 Scottish Literature in Year 1 or Level 1 English Literature in Years 1 or 2.

Year 3 and 4

If you progress to Honours (Years 3 and 4) you choose from a variety of advanced courses.

You will complete a dissertation on a topic of your choice in your final year of English Language & Linguistics.

You will take courses making up 120 credits each year in years 3 and 4 in Single Honours English Language & Linguistics.  For Joint Honours, you will take 60 credits in English Language & Linguistics each year, alongside 60 credits from your other degree subject.  

Example courses

These are examples of courses you may study in Years 3 and 4. Courses may not run every academic year due to staff research interests, student interest, timetabling etc.

• APPLYING ARTS: PROFESSIONAL SKILLS   

• CORPUS LINGUISTICS  

• DISSERTATION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE (20 CREDITS) 

• DISSERTATION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE (40 CREDITS) 

• EARLY ENGLISH DRAMA  

• EDITING HISTORICAL ENGLISH TEXTS  

• EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND DATA ANALYSIS  

• HISTORY OF ENGLISH  

• HISTORY OF SCOTS  

• THE LANGUAGE OF LAWS  

• MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LITERATURE 1  

• MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LITERATURE 2  

• METHODS IN SOCIOLINGUISTIC VARIATION  

• NAME STUDIES  

• OLD ICELANDIC LANGUAGE  

• PHONETICS 1: INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS  

• PHONETICS 2: ADVANCED CONCEPTS  

• PROFESSIONAL DISCOURSE AND CONVERSATION ANALYSIS  

• INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLINGUISTICS  

• READING THE PAST: FROM SCRIPT TO PRINT  

• SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS  

• SOCIOLINGUISTICS  

• WRITTEN TEXT ANALYSIS