This module is part of four design modules open to first year BSc Architecture students.

The main intention of the Year 1 Design Projects is to explore...

This 15 credit module will introduce students to the main features of the Iron Age in Europe. It begins with the Late Bronze Age background, and develops...

Module description 

Once the teaching finishes, you will spend the remaining part of the course (to the beginning of September) researching and writing a...

Module description 

Once the teaching finishes, you will spend the remaining part of the course (to the beginning of September) researching and writing a dissertation of a max. of 18,000 words in length. 

You will be free to choose the topic of your dissertation and will be assigned a supervisor. The dissertation  addresses a translation studies topic agreed with your supervisor. and can focus on any of the areas discussed in the various modules studied during the programme. Preparation for the dissertation involves a series of seminars on research skills imparted throughout the academic year. The dissertation must be a critical essay, and not an annotated translation, is written under one-to-one supervision and submitted at the beginning of September. 

 

Preparatory Reading 

Saldanha, Gabriela and Sharon O’Brien. 2013. Research Methodologies in Translation Studies. Manchester: St Jerome. 

This module discusses fundamental theoretical and empirical questions arising from the scientific study of spoken linguistic communication. It provides...

Principles of Phonetic Science (PLIN0065)

This module discusses fundamental theoretical and empirical questions arising from the scientific study of spoken linguistic communication. It provides participants with hands-on experience of analysing phonetic data. It introduces modern experimental techniques in the study of Phonetics and modern applications of Phonetic science.

The syllabus covers essential topics in Phonetics, including: the domain of Phonetics, principles of Phonetic analysis, speech acoustics, quantitative assessment of phonation and pitch, acoustic characterisation of vowels and consonants, sound sequences and suprasegmentals, paralinguistic phenomena, and speaker characterisation.