6. Linguistics

6.1. Linguistics (WAYA)

First Year 2025-26 Second Year 2025-26 Final Year 2025-26
  • LIN4218 What is Language? (15 credits)
  • LIN4211 Sociolinguistics: English in Use (15 credits)
  • LIN4217 Sounds and sound systems (15 credits)
  • LIN4207 Thinking Linguistics (15 credits)
  • LIN4214 Myths and debates about human language (15 credits)
  • LIN4219 Syntax: The Structure of English (15 credits)
  • LIN4216 Semantics: How we make meaning (15 credits)
  • LIN4215 The psychology of language (15 credits)
  • LIN5220 Qualitative data: Interaction and Discourse (15 credits)
  • LIN5219 Research Methods for Quantitative data (15 credits)
  • LIN5213 Explaining Grammatical Structures (15 credits)
  • 15 credits from a list of guided LIN-coded modules
  • 30 credits of optional modules from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Level 5
  • 30 credits of optional modules from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Level 4, 5 or 6
  • LIN042 English/Linguistics Research Project (30 credits)
  • 30 credits of LIN-coded modules at Level 6
  • 30 credits of optional modules from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Level 6
  • 30 credits of optional modules from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Level 5 or 6


    • All students are required to take 120 credits in each academic year. It is not possible to take less, or more than 120 credits.
    • Students should normally take a balance of 60-60 credits worth of modules in each semester. A 75-45 split might be accepted as an exception, but it will mean a workload-heavy Semester 1 that students may find challenging. A 45-75 split is not permitted.
    • Some programmes allow modules to be taken at a different level of the student’s programme of study (first year = Level 4, second year = Level 5, final year = Level 6), but we strongly recommend that students going into their second year choose all their credits to be at Level 5, and students going into their final year choose all their credits to be at Level 6. This is to ensure that students meet their progression and/or degree classification requirements as explained in the Academic Regulations.