Combining the strengths of UMIST and The Victoria University of Manchester First year Linguistics at The University of Manchester Kersti Börjars Linguistics & English Language

Combining the strengths of UMIST and The Victoria University of Manchester Students A-levels (ABB) not necessarily including English language or a foreign language Varied background even for those who have English Language A-level “normative attitude” to language fairly common Department Department of Linguistics and English language, some shared courses with BA English Language Department strong on typology, field work and language endangerment Many theoretical approaches represented Context for Single Honours Linguistics

Combining the strengths of UMIST and The Victoria University of Manchester Students need to be brought up to speed on core terminology and methodology Students need to see how that terminology can be applied Students do not need theories in the first year Students need to develop an enquiring, open attitude to language data Students need to get used to understanding data from a language they are not familiar with Students need to understand the relation between linguistics and neighbouring disciplines First year courses should have a link with more advanced courses in second and final year Some underlying ideas

Combining the strengths of UMIST and The Victoria University of Manchester Core courses Options The Sounds of EnglishIntroduction to Semantics Principle of LinguisticsStudy Skills At least one of English Grammar and Morphology and Syntax General PhoneticsLanguages of the World Language, Individual and SocietyIntroduction to the Varieties of English Investigating English LanguagesThe Language of Literature Introduction to Linguistic ChangeIntroduction to the Old English Language Introduction to the Middle English Language … A foreign language (20 credits)Free Choice (20 credits)