Application deadline

Applicants from Nordic countries: 1 December for courses offered in the spring semester and 1 June for courses offered in the autumn semester.

Exchange students and Fulbright students: 1 October for courses offered in the spring semester and 15 April for courses offered in the autumn semester.

Type of course

This course is mandatory in the MA programme in Theoretical Linguistics. This course may be taken as a single course by students who who qualify for admission to the MA programme in Theoretical Linguistics.

We recommend that you have taken HIF-3022 Phonology I in the fall term before you take this course.

Admission requirements

Bachelor's degree (180 ECTS), or equivalent qualification, in a language or linguistics, or a degree combining linguistics and literature, with a minimum of 80 ECTS of concentrated work in linguistics and/or language. An average grade equivalent to C or better (in the concentrated work in linguistics and/or language, 80 ECTS) is required.

It is recommended  that you have taken HIF-3022 Phonology I in the fall term before you take this course

Application code 9371 Enkeltemner på masternivå (Nordic applicants).

Course content

The course is based on HIF-3022 Phonology I and deals with the relationship between phonology and other cognitive domains. More specifically, the following issues will be addressed:

• The relationship between phonology and morphology/syntax
• The relationship between phonology and first language acquisition
• The relationship between phonology and phonetics
• The relationship between phonology and lexicon

A central issue will be whether the phonological patterns visible across languages are caused by the interaction between universal grammar and other cognitive areas.

Recommended prerequisites

Objectives of the course

The students have the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

The student has:

• knowledge of theoretical approaches and problems regarding the interfaces of phonology with other modules of grammar 
• knowledgde of the development of phonological systems in language learning and the major theoretical problems and explanations in this area

Skills

The student is able to/can:

• critically discuss theoretical proposals on the interaction of phonology and other modules of grammar and on problems in the acquisition of phonology
• connect methods and insights from more than one subfield of linguistics in the independently analysis of data
• advanced skills in the communication of scientific, in particular phonological, problems and their solution(s)

Language of instruction and examination

Teaching methods

Lectures, exercises, seminars, project work.

Quality assurance: All courses undergo a halfway evaluation once in a 2-year period at the master's level. The Programme Board determines which programme options will be evaluated per year, and which courses will be evaluated by the students and the teacher per year.

Assessment

The following coursework requirements must be completed and approved in order to take the final exam:

Coursework requirements: Students are required to hand in 6 of a total of 8 homework assignments given, within the time limits set by the lecturer(s). This portfolio has to contain at least one assignment from each of the 4 thematic blocks of the course.

Assessment method: Term paper (5000 words), to be submitted in the digital exam tool WISEflow.

Performance in the course will be assessed on an A-F grades scale. Grades are A-E for passed and F for failed. A re-sit examination is offered in the event of an F grade. The deadline to register (in the Studentweb) for a re-sit examination is 15 January (for courses offered in the autumn semester) and 15 August (for courses offered in the spring semester). In the event of a re-sit examination, the student is allowed to submit a revised version of his/her term paper within a given deadline.