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Applied Linguistics

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Academic year 2023/2024
Faculty of Education
Libera Università di Bolzano
EQF level: 7
Degree classification: LM 39 - linguistics
Field of study: foreign languages
Place of teaching
bressanone (BZ), italy
Duration of the course
Oct 2023 - Jul 2025
Teaching
Classroom-based
Languages in which the course is held
Italian, English, German
University formative credits
120
Deadline (Expired)
06 July 2023
Cost
1350
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Course contents

Do you want to learn how to describe a language or a dialect, directly from the voice of the native speakers? Do you want to know how to use language technologies to analyse large amounts of language data? Do you want to understand how to design interventions to promote and protect languages and cultures?

Course description
In this master programme, you will learn that linguistics represents a set of knowledge that can be applied to a wide range of professional and research situations.

Studying languages first means learning how they work through the theories and methods of linguistics. However, knowing about linguistics is not enough to fully understand the role of a language in human communication. On the one hand, in fact, it is necessary to know how to "read" the social and cultural context in which languages are used, while on the other hand knowing the digital tools provided by modern language technologies is necessary as well.

At the end of your studies, you will be able to apply your knowledge to document, describe and analyse languages and dialects in very different social and cultural contexts. You will also be able to use and create language resources for professional and research purposes.
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Teaching

Place of teaching
bressanone (BZ), italy
Duration of the course
Oct 2023 - Jul 2025
University formative credits
120
Attendance methods
The study plan includes a first common part that allows you to combine three complementary disciplines: linguistics, computer science and statistics, and social-anthropological subjects.

The programme then divides into two paths that allow a greater specialisation. In the curriculum "Language policies and promotion of languages" you will learn more about the acquisition of language and the rights and protection of minorities, while in the curriculum "Automatic language analysis" you will be able to further develop your computational and technological skills.

Language diversity is not only the subject of study, but is an intrinsic part of the student and academic life at unibz. Our courses are held in three languages (Italian, English and German) to effectively stimulate communication between students and lecturers in an international multilingual and cultural environment. The lessons will take place both at the Bozen-Bolzano and at the Brixen-Bressanone campuses.

The study plan includes workshops, field study experiences, case studies, guest lectures and seminars with the aim of refining the skills of analysis of linguistic and sociolinguistic phenomena.
Teaching
Classroom-based
Languages in which the course is held
Italian, English, German

Admission requirements

Type of degree required
1st Level Degree, 2nd Level Degree
Field of study
foreign languages
Foreign language skills
German, English, Italian
The official teaching languages are German, Italian and English. Therefore, the following language requirements apply, otherwise you will be excluded from the admission procedure: Entry level (to gain admission) 1st language: C1 2nd language: B2 3rd language: no level required Exit level (to graduate) 1st language: C1 2nd language: C1 3rd language: B1 The levels of the Common European Framework of Reference apply.
Degree programme classes
L-11, 11 - Modern languages and civilisations (1), LM-38, 43/S - Modern languages for international communication and cooperation (2), LM-39, 44/S - Linguistics (2)
Other educational requirements
To gain admission to this programme you need one of the following qualifications:

A bachelor or a final degree obtained according to the regulations previously in force;
a three-year university diploma;
an equivalent qualification gained abroad.
You need to have acquired the following credit points in your previous studies:

1. at least 10 credit points in the following disciplines:

L-LIN/01 - Glottology and linguistics

or

L-LIN/02 - Didactics of modern languages

2. another 44 credit points in any of the following disciplines (at least two different disciplines have to be represented):
L-LIN/01 - Glottology and linguistics
L-LIN/02 - Didactics of modern languages
L-LIN/04 - Language and translation - French
L-LIN/07 - Language and translation - Spanish
L-LIN/10 - English literature
L-LIN/12 - Language and translation - English
L-LIN/13 - German literature
L-LIN/14 - Language and translation - German
L-LIN/21 - Slavic studies
L-FIL-LET/09 - Romance philology and linguistics
L-FIL-LET/10 - Italian literature
L-FIL-LET/11 - Contemporary Italian literature
L-FIL-LET/12 v Italian linguistics
L-FIL-LET/15 - Germanic philology
L-OR/07 - Semitic studies, Ethiopian languages and literatures
L-OR/09 - African languages and literatures
L-OR/12 - Arabic language and literature
L-OR/19 - Modern languages and literatures of the Indian subcontinent
L-OR/21 - Chinese and South Asian languages and literatures
L-OR/22 - Japanese and Korean languages and literatures
M-FIL/05 - Philosophy and theory of language
M-DEA/01 - Demology, ethnology and anthropology
M-STO/04 - Contemporary history
SECS-S/01 - Statistics
SECS-S/05 - Social statistics
SPS/07 - General sociology
SPS/08 - Sociology of culture and communication
INF/01 - Informatics

3. if you possess a former degree (previous to the D.M. 509/1999) you must meet the following requirements:

a minimum of one annual exam in Linguistics in their course of studies;
a minimum of four additional exams in any two of the above mentioned disciplines.
The credit points listed above must have been acquired before the interview.

If you have not yet graduated at the time of application: you can apply, but you will be admitted conditionally submitting your diploma by the enrolment deadline.

If you graduate after the enrolment deadline: you cannot enrol and you will lose your place, which will be offered to the subsequent applicant in the ranking list. In this case you should not pay the tuition fees to secure your admission. You will be able to submit a late enrolment request and, only if there still are available places, you can enrol by 18 December 2020.

Admission

Deadline
06 July 2023
Available places
27
Cost
1350 €

Employment opportunities

The Master trains specialists in linguistics with job prospects in the fields of communication (audio-video, web, publishing), protection and promotion of languages and multilingualism (cultural institutions, public administrations), language technologies (software companies), language teaching (language schools) and scientific research (PhD).

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