15 Credits SPRING



Co-requisites: EGH414

Aims/Description: This module will provide you with support to embark on your dissertation. Its aims are to support you with each aspect of the dissertation process, provide you with opportunities to discuss your research in progress with your peers and academic staff, enable you to understand what comprises excellent research in linguistics, scaffold the process of conducting a research dissertation, and to ensure that you are aware of the need to conduct ethical research projects. You will have the opportunity to discuss the structure of each of the main chapters in your dissertation, and to see examples of each chapter from previous well-written dissertations.

Staff Contact: HARWOOD NIGEL
Teaching Methods: Seminars, Independent Study
Assessment: Formal Exam, Course work

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