1st Semester
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Foundations of linguistic research |
Scientific standards in linguistic research |
Research methods in linguistics |
Methods for addressing specific linguistic research questions I |
Research practice I |
Attending linguistics talks |
Language competence I |
Applying descriptive techniques to a rarely taught language |
Linguistic theories |
Linguistic theories and their comparison |
2nd Semester
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Research methods in linguistics |
Methods for addressing specific linguistic research questions II |
Research practice I |
Attending linguistics talks & a workshop or conference |
Research practice II |
Planning a linguistic research project |
Language competence II |
Acquiring further language skills, e.g. through courses offered by the SLI or by the departments contributing to the study program |
Research topics in linguistics |
Possible topics include:
- grammar of individual languages
- linguistic variation and its sociolinguistic embedding
- language change
- pragmatics
- language contact
- neuro-and psycholinguistics
- language and cognition
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3rd Semester
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Research practice I |
Attending linguistic talks, internship of six weeks |
Language Competence II |
Acquiring further language skills, e.g. through courses offered by the SLI or by the departments contributing to the study program |
Research topics in linguistics |
- Broadening and deepening a linguistic subfield of the student’s own choice
- also within an interdisciplinary perspective (e.g. sociology, cognitive science, anthropology, philosophy)
- also at a partner university from the EUCOR network (e.g. Basel, Strasbourg)
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Project-related research practice |
Linguistic project seminar |
4th Semester
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Research practice II |
Presenting one’s own research in a colloquium |
Thesis & defence |
Academic degree: Master of Arts (M.A.) |