LING4130 – Linguistics Specialization on variation

The academic theme of this course changes from semester to semester, but all specializations provide students with deeper knowledge of the fundamentals of recent linguistic research. This may for example involve various aspects of leading theories in cognitive grammar, construction grammar, generative grammar, and sometimes more or less specialized linguistic research fields (which can be studied under several theoretical approaches), such as argument structure, diachronic linguistics, grammaticalization, pragmatics, psycholinguistics, conversation analysis, language acquisition, linguistic typology, sociolinguistics or bilingualism.

Spring 2026: Formal approaches to sociolinguistic variation

Spring 2025: Grammatical relations in linguistic theory

Spring 2024: Formal approaches to sociolinguistic variation

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

This course is for students admitted to Linguistics (master) and Nordiske studier (master). Students enrolled in other Master`s Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

The minimum number of attendants for the course is 5.

Classes are given throughout the semester, 10 double lectures in total.

Each student has to write an assignment given by the lecturer during the course of the seminar. The assignment must be approved by the lecturer before the student can take the final exam.

Mandatory activities are valid for the next two semesters where the same seminar is offered.

A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

Term paper.

Submission of assignments at ILN