Linguistics 'PLIN' Modules

You can find below a list of all PLIN modules we are planning to teach in 2024/25. We have uploaded the module information sheets to give you further details, where available. This list is subject to changes without notice year on year and assessment methods, too, are subject to change from one year to the next.

Students wishing to take any of these modules must register for them on Portico. It is not necessary for students to come to the department to sign up for modules. All of these modules have a value of 15 credits, equivalent to 7.5 ECTS, unless indicated otherwise.

It is your responsibility to make sure that you meet the pre-requisites for modules, details of which are available via the UCL Module Catalogue by clicking on the module title below.

It is also your responsibility to make sure that you do not register for a module for which teaching clashes with other modules. You can view the timetable online: www.ucl.ac.uk/timetable (and you may need to switch to the relevant academic year in the top right hand corner of the page). You can use the following link to check quickly when a module is timetabled, just replace ABCD1234 with the correct module code: https://timetable.ucl.ac.uk/tt/moduleTimet.do?firstReq=Y&moduleId=ABCD1234&acadYearFl=N.

Term 1

Introductory modules (Level 4)

PLIN0001 Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics A (see also: module information sheet)

PLIN0003 Introduction to Generative Grammar A (see also: module information sheet)

PLIN0004 Introduction to Generative Grammar (see also: module information sheet; 30 credits, year-long module)

PLIN0006 Introduction to Language (see also: module information sheet)

PLIN0007 Core Issues in Linguistics (see also: module information sheet; only available for first year Linguistics undergraduates; year-long module)

PLIN0061 Introduction to Phonetics (see also: module information sheet)

Intermediate modules (Level 5) - level 7 versions of these modules are available for MA students

PLIN0010 Intermediate Pragmatics (see also: module information sheet)

PLIN0034 Introduction to Computational Linguistics (see also: module information sheet)

PLIN0066 Intermediate Phonology (see also: module information sheet)

PLIN0067 Intermediate Generative Grammar: Word Order (see also: module information sheet)

Advanced modules (Level 6) - level 7 versions of these modules are available for MA students

PLIN0017 Pragmatics in a Social Context (see also: module information sheet)

PLIN0023 Current Issues in Syntax (see also: module information sheet)

PLIN0025 Long Essay/Project (see also: module information sheet; 30 credits, year-long module, only available to final year Linguistics undergraduates)

PLIN0029 Stuttering (see also: module information sheet)

PLIN0041 Seminar in Expressive Prosody (see also: module information sheet)

PLIN0043 Language Evolution (see also: module information sheet)

PLIN0058 Experimental Linguistics Laboratory - only for Experimental Linguistic students (see also: module information sheet)

PLIN0068 Constructed Languages (see also: module information sheet)

PLIN0085 Research Apprenticeship in Linguistics (see also: module information sheet; only available to second and final year Linguistics undergraduates by application, contact pals.lingteachingoffice@ucl.ac.uk for any queries)

Masters students only (Level 7)

PLIN0045 Semantics and Pragmatics I (see also: module information sheet)

PLIN0047 Syntax I (see also: module information sheet)

PLIN0048 Foundations of Linguistics (see also: module information sheet; year-long module)

PLIN0049 Dissertation (see also: module information sheet; 60 credits, year-long module)

PLIN0050 Studies in Pragmatics Research (see also: module information sheet)

PLIN0056 Semantics Research Seminar (see also: module information sheet)

PLIN0084 Phonetics and Phonology I (see also: module information sheet)

Term 2

Introductory modules (Level 4)

PLIN0008 Introduction to Children’s Language Development (see also: module information sheet; level 7 version of this module is available for MSc Language Science students)

PLIN0011 Introduction to Semantics & Pragmatics (see also: module information sheet)

PLIN0062 Introduction to Phonology (see also: module information sheet)

PLIN0064 Introduction to Generative Grammar B (see also: module information sheet)

Intermediate modules (Level 5) - level 7 versions of these modules are available for MA students

PLIN0009 Semantic theory (see also: module information sheet)

PLIN0024 Intermediate Generative Grammar: Locality (see also: module information sheet - This module can be taken independently of PLIN0067 and does not presuppose knowledge of its content)

PALS0009 Principles of Phonetic Science