University of Malta
Faculty of Arts
Linguistics (Joint Area)
(for courses commencing October 2022)
YEAR ONE
Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)
Compulsory Units (All students
must register for this/these unit/s)
| LIN1024 |
Hands-on Language |
4 ECTS |
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| LLT1160 |
Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language Variation and Change |
4 ECTS |
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| LLT1910 |
Language Skills for Linguistics |
4 ECTS |
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Semester 1
Compulsory Units (All students
must register for this/these unit/s)
| LIN1017 |
Maltese Sign Language 1 for Linguistic Students |
2 ECTS |
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| LLT1011 |
Introduction to Linguistics 1 |
6 ECTS |
(NC) |
Semester 2
Compulsory Units (All students
must register for this/these unit/s)
| LLT1012 |
Introduction to Linguistics 2 |
6 ECTS |
(NC) |
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2:
26 ECTS credits in Linguistics
26 ECTS credits in the other area
8 ECTS credits in optional study-units
Total credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits
YEAR TWO
In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 14 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.
Semester 1
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
| LIN1121 |
Language for Humans and Machines |
4 ECTS |
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| LIN2017 |
Maltese Sign Language 2 for Linguistic Students |
2 ECTS |
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| LIN2023 |
Theorizing about Language |
2 ECTS |
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| LIN2034 |
Conversation Analysis |
4 ECTS |
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| LIN3502 |
Multimodal Interaction and Communication |
4 ECTS |
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| LLT2191 |
Psycholinguistics: Language Acquisition |
4 ECTS |
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| LLT2810 |
Introduction to Research Methods in Linguistics |
6 ECTS |
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| LLT3190 |
Second Language Acquisition and Language Learning |
4 ECTS |
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| LLT3410 |
Discourse, Ideology and Power |
4 ECTS |
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Semester 2
Compulsory Units (All students
must register for this/these unit/s)
| LIN2022 |
Models of Grammar |
4 ECTS |
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| LIN2083 |
Issues in Semantics and Pragmatics |
4 ECTS |
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| LIN2350 |
Issues in Phonetics and Phonology |
4 ECTS |
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
| LIN2032 |
Quantitative Research Methods in Linguistics |
4 ECTS |
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| LIN2033 |
Discourse Analysis |
4 ECTS |
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| LIN3095 |
Writing Systems |
4 ECTS |
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| LIN3098 |
Corpus Linguistics |
4 ECTS |
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| LLT2180 |
Language Variation and Change: Historical Linguistics |
4 ECTS |
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Requirement for regular progression to Year 3:
26 ECTS credits in Linguistics
26 ECTS credits in the other area
8 ECTS credits optional study-units
Total credits for this year: 60 ECTS credits
YEAR THREE
In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 12 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.
Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)
Compulsory Units (All students
must register for this/these unit/s)
| LIN3003 |
Synoptic Study-Unit: General Linguistics |
6 ECTS |
(NC) |
| LIN3004 |
Synoptic Study-Unit: Interdisciplinary Issues in Linguistics |
6 ECTS |
(NC) |
Semester 1
Compulsory Units (All students
must register for this/these unit/s)
| LIN3010 |
Language Typology and Universals |
4 ECTS |
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
| LIN2023 |
Theorizing about Language |
2 ECTS |
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| LIN2034 |
Conversation Analysis |
4 ECTS |
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| LIN2171 |
An Introduction to Sign Linguistics: Principles |
2 ECTS |
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| LIN2172 |
Signwriting: An Introduction |
2 ECTS |
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| LIN3301 |
Experimental Psycholinguistics |
4 ECTS |
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| LIN3502 |
Multimodal Interaction and Communication |
4 ECTS |
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| LLT3060 |
Advanced Issues in the Sound Structure of Languages |
4 ECTS |
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| LLT3190 |
Second Language Acquisition and Language Learning |
4 ECTS |
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| LLT3410 |
Discourse, Ideology and Power |
4 ECTS |
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Semester 2
Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)
| LIN2033 |
Discourse Analysis |
4 ECTS |
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| LIN2301 |
Experimental Techniques and Paradigms |
4 ECTS |
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| LIN3095 |
Writing Systems |
4 ECTS |
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| LIN3098 |
Corpus Linguistics |
4 ECTS |
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| LLT2180 |
Language Variation and Change: Historical Linguistics |
4 ECTS |
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Requirement for successful completion of Year 3: 60 ECTS credits, of which:
28 ECTS credits in Linguistics
28 ECTS credits in the other area
12 ECTS credits optional study-units
Requirement for award of B.A. Linguistics and in another area of study : 180 ECTS credits, of which:
80 ECTS credits in Linguistics
80 ECTS credits in the other area
20 ECTS credits optional study-units
This programme of study is governed by the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 and by the Bye-Laws for the award of the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts.
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Last Updated: 21 June 2022
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The University makes every effort to ensure that the published Courses Plans, Programmes of Study and Study-Unit information are complete and up-to-date at the time of publication. The University reserves the right to make changes in case errors are detected after publication.
The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints.
Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice.
Unless for exceptional approved reasons, no changes to the programme of study for a particular academic year will be made once the students' registration period for that academic year begins.
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