Master of Arts in Language and Linguistics

You are required to take 15 hp as elective courses in addition to your obligatory courses in your subject. The elective courses must be on the second cycle and in the area of language and linguistics. You can choose from among all of the second-cycle courses within the MA programme, and, in consultation with the coordinator, within or outside your own specialisation. All these courses have separate admission requirements which you must fulfil. You will find the admission requirements on the course pages. Please consult the study advisor if you have any questions.

Please refer to the pages for each subject for all courses (under Second cycle level courses). There you will find information on which courses are given: Courses

Your optional courses can be within language and linguistics or in other areas, as long as they are relevant for your degree. They can be in the first (bachelor) or second (master) cycle. If you would like to take a course at the bachelor level or at an other department, you need to apply and get admitted through www.antagning.se (the Swedish site). Apply at latest October15/April15.

Note that you are allowed to include no more than 30 credits from the bachelor level in your master degree (15 credits for a one year master). Your choice of courses must be agreed to by the contactperson in your specialisation and the programme coordinator.

First half of the semester

• (Obligatory course for first year students: Methods in General Linguistics)
• Linguistics: Language in the Visual Modality - Gestures and Sign (LINN15)

First cycle courses (optional courses, risk of clashing schedules):

• Linguistics: Semantics and Pragmatics (LINC04) 
• Linguistics: Speech Acoustics, Perception and Prosody (LINC11) (prerequisites: basic knowledge in acoustic phonetics and the use of PRAAT)

Second half of the semester

• Phonetics: Phonology (FONM10)
• Linguistics: Semantics - Problems and Methods in the Study of Meaning (LINN24)
• Language and Linguistics: Theories of Language Change (SVEM36)

First cycle courses (optional courses, risk of clashing schedules):

• Linguistics: Grammar – The Mechanics of Language (LINC12)

• Diversity of the World's Languages (LINB23)

• Linguistics: Perspectives on Segmental and Prosodic Phonology (LINC13)  (prerequisites: LINC11 or the equivalent)

 First half of the semester

• (Obligatory course for first year students: Philosophy of Science for Linguists)

• English: Linguistic Variation in English (ENGM13)
• Phonetics: Experimental Phonetics (FONM11)
• Cognitive semiotics: Meaning, Mind and Communication (SEMN02)
• In Swedish
  • Svenska: Grammatik i teori och praktik, 7.5 ECTS (SVEM43)

Second half of the semester  

• New course, only for students in the programme: Language and Linguistics: First- and Second Language Acquisition (SPVM11)
• General Linguistics: Language and the Brain (ALSM21)

• Linguistics: A Typological Case Study (LINN21)

• Linguistics: The Origins of Language (LINN25)

Other

• For second year students: Statistics I 7.5 credits given in the Humanities lab. More information in Canvas.