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Module Title
LH Language Dissertation
School
Eng, Drama, & Creative Studies
Department
Eng Lang and Linguistics
Module Code
09 26703
Module Lead
Suganthi John
Level
Honours Level
Credits
40
Semester
Full Term
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions
Prohibited module combinations: Language Investigation (09 26704); Extended Essay in English Literature (09 27042); Dissertation in English Literature (09 27043)
Exclusions
Description
The Language Dissertation offers students an opportunity to explore in depth a linguistic topic of the student's choosing, and to bring all the research skills and command of resources acquired during the past previous two years of study to bear on a year-long individual piece of work. On a more ambitious scale and with correspondingly wider subject-matter and range of resources than the Language. Investigation, the Language Dissertation may be particularly appropriate for those students who would like to proceed to a masters-level programme or to a research degree. The student will be expected to demonstrate his/her capacity for independent thinking and work, along with a professional competence in the materials and methods of linguistic research, the cogent presentation of research results, and insight into and knowledge of the relevant theoretical issues. The topic will have been chosen during Year 2, in consultation with the allocated supervisor during Semester 2. Some preliminary reading and other preparatory work will have been undertaken during Year 2, as part of the module Research Skills in English Language and during the long vacation preceding the Final Year 3.The completed dissertation of 12,000 words is submitted after the Easter vacation.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
Demonstrate a high level of expertise and enterprise in the collection, organisation and presentation of materials appropriate to linguistic research
Demonstrate the ability to formulate and pursue independent research to a successful conclusion with the minimum of formal supervision
Demonstrate the ability to write up the results of a major piece of independent research in the form of a substantial, coherently organised and persuasively argued project.
Develop working relationships with others, especially through constructive dialogue (for example, by listening, asking and responding to questions)