This subject is offered by the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics.
Students take modules from those offered by the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics, studying both the structure and history of the English language in Stage 1. Subsequent Stages extend this study through options introducing variations and varieties of English, and a range of special topics such as semantics and pragmatics, the sociology of language and the psychology of language.
Stage 1
| Code | Module | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| SEL1005 | Introduction to Syntax | 10 credits |
| SEL1006 | Introduction to Phonetics & Phonology | 10 credits |
| SEL1012 | Intro to English Historical Linguistics | 20 credits |
| SEL1007 | The Nature of Language | 10 credits |
| SEL1020 | Dialectology | 10 credits |
Stage 2
| Code | Module | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| SEL2089 | Syntactic Theory | 20 credits |
| SEL2000 | Phonological Theory | 20 credits |
| SEL2001 | Semantics & Pragmatics | 20 credits |
| SEL2092 | Computational Linguistics | 20 credits |
| SEL2091 | Sociolinguistics & the Sociology of Language | 20 credits |
| SEL2009 | Child Language Acquisition | 20 credits |
| SEL3005 | Language Origins & Evolution | 20 credits |
| SEL2086 | Introduction to Second Language Acquisition | 20 credits |
| SEL2011 | Linguistic theories and their contexts | 20 credits |
| SEL2003 | Topics in the Syntax of English | 20 credits |
| SEL2008 | Text & Hypertext | 20 credits |
| SEL3009 | Linguistic Variation & Change in the British Isles | 20 credits |
| SEL2099 | Linguistic Variation & Change in English, 1100-1500 | 20 credits |
| SEL3012 | Low-Educated Second Language & Literacy Acquisition | 20 credits |
| SEL3046 | English Grammar through Time | 20 credits |
| SEL3019 | Discourse Analysis | 20 credits |
| SEL3006 | Topics in Phonological Theory | 20 credits |
| SEL3025 | New Words in English | 20 credits |
| SEL3008 | Early Modern English | 20 credits |
| SEL3010 | World Englishes | 20 credits |
| SEL3326 | Extended Study 2 | 20 credits |
| SEL3327 | Extended Study 3 | 20 credits |
| SEL3329 | Dissertation | 40 credits |
| SEL3099 | Dissertation | 40 credits |
Stage 3
| Code | Module | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| SEL2089 | Syntactic Theory | 20 credits |
| SEL2000 | Phonological Theory | 20 credits |
| SEL2001 | Semantics & Pragmatics | 20 credits |
| SEL2092 | Computational Linguistics | 20 credits |
| SEL2091 | Sociolinguistics & the Sociology of Language | 20 credits |
| SEL2009 | Child Language Acquisition | 20 credits |
| SEL3005 | Language Origins & Evolution | 20 credits |
| SEL2086 | Introduction to Second Language Acquisition | 20 credits |
| SEL2011 | Linguistic theories and their contexts | 20 credits |
| SEL2003 | Topics in the Syntax of English | 20 credits |
| SEL2008 | Text & Hypertext | 20 credits |
| SEL3009 | Linguistic Variation & Change in the British Isles | 20 credits |
| SEL2099 | Linguistic Variation & Change in English, 1100-1500 | 20 credits |
| SEL3012 | Low-Educated Second Language & Literacy Acquisition | 20 credits |
| SEL3046 | English Grammar through Time | 20 credits |
| SEL3019 | Discourse Analysis | 20 credits |
| SEL3006 | Topics in Phonological Theory | 20 credits |
| SEL3025 | New Words in English | 20 credits |
| SEL3008 | Early Modern English | 20 credits |
| SEL3010 | World Englishes | 20 credits |
| SEL3326 | Extended Study 2 | 20 credits |
| SEL3327 | Extended Study 3 | 20 credits |
| SEL3329 | Dissertation, | 40 credits |
| SEL3099 | Dissertation | 40 credits |