This semester focuses on two advanced areas of English Language: Language Change and Child Language Acquisition. Students move from analysing how English changes over time to examining spoken language, early language development, and theories of acquisition, before finishing with past-paper practice.
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The course progresses through Section 7 and Section 8 before moving into past-paper practice.
How English has changed, how change happens, digital language change, theories, data collection, and measuring change.
Spoken language, conversational interaction, transcription, stages of development, functions of children's language, and theories of acquisition.
Autumn Break.
Past-paper practice.