Academic Writing for Master´s and PhD Students in Language and Linguistics
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Current programmes of study
| Number of credits | 5 |
| Course offered (semester) | Spring |
| Schedule | Schedule |
| Reading list | Reading list |
Language of Instruction
English if English-speaking students attend the seminars, otherwise Norwegian
Pre-requirements
The course is for master's or PhD levels students who have started their research.
Learning Outcomes
Master's and PhD students will learn strategies for writing linguistic articles, master's theses or PhD dissertations, according to text theoretical principles and the tradition of the language sciences.
Learning goals include knowledge about text theory, genre, terminology, argumentation ,text structure and graphical presentation.
Contact Information
Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies
Mail address: advice@lle.uib.no
Course offered (semester)
Spring
Language of Instruction
English if English-speaking students attend the seminars, otherwise Norwegian
Aim and Content
Based in text theory, argumentation analysis, genre and traditions in linguistic writing, the course will introduce the student to the structures of articles and longer texts in the language sciences (also including computational linguistics). Furthermore, the course deals with references, choice of title, summary, linguistic terminology, efficient use of graphical representations and relevant items such as linguistic examples with glosses and translations, flow charts, tables, tree structures, output from statistics programs, phonetic alphabets, computer programs and mathematical formulae.
Learning Outcomes
Master's and PhD students will learn strategies for writing linguistic articles, master's theses or PhD dissertations, according to text theoretical principles and the tradition of the language sciences.
Learning goals include knowledge about text theory, genre, terminology, argumentation ,text structure and graphical presentation.
Pre-requirements
The course is for master's or PhD levels students who have started their research.
Contact Information
Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies
Mail address: advice@lle.uib.no