Approved Courses for Research Degree Students (LT)

Department of Linguistics and Translation

 MPhil/PhD students are required to fulfill the stipulated core course and electives requirements.

Core Courses for PhD Students for 2019 cohort and thereafter
(Linguistics Area 9 Credits; Translation Area: 9 Credits):

Code Course Title Credits
LT8805 Independent Study  3
LT8806 Advanced Topics in Linguistics Research +  3
LT8807 Advanced Topics in Translation and Interpretation Research +  3
LT8809 Research Student Seminar §  3

Core Courses for MPhil Students for 2019 cohort and thereafter 
(Linguistics Area: 6 Credits; Translation Area: 6 Credits):

Code Course Title Credits
LT8806 Advanced Topics in Linguistics Research +  3
LT8807 Advanced Topics in Translation and Interpretation Research +  3
LT8809 Research Student Seminar §  3

Research Methodology and Ethics Course(s) for 2019 cohort and thereafter : (3 credits)

Code Course Title Credits
LT8808 Research Methodology for Language Studies  3

Electives for PhD Students for 2019 cohort and thereafter

(Students in Linguistics Area/Translation Area: 3 Credits) / MPhil Students (optional):

Code Course Title Credits
LT5401 Phonetics and Phonology  3
LT5402 Syntax and Morphology  3
LT5403 Semantics and Discourse  3
LT5406 Psycholinguistics  3
LT5407 Research Methodology for Applied Linguistics  3
LT5408 Sociolinguistics  3
LT5409 Systemic Functional Linguistics  3
LT5411 Computational Linguistics  3
LT5412 Language Teaching  3
LT5413 Philosophy of Language  3
LT5416 Historical Linguistics  3
LT5417 Language Universals and Linguistic Typology  3
LT5418 Second Language Pronunciation Acquisition: from Theory to Practice  3
LT5420 Language Arts and Literature  3
LT5421 Corpus Linguistics  3
LT5422 Neurocognition of Language  3
LT5423 Quantitative Methods for Linguistic Data Analysis  3
LT5430 Special Topics in Linguistics  3
LT5431 Functional Approaches to Syntax  3
LT5432 Lexical Semantics  3
LT5451 Pedagogical Grammar: Chinese and English  3
LT5452 Learning and Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language  3
LT5453 The Cantonese Language: Pronunciation, Lexicon and Grammar 3
LT5454 Grammar of Chinese  3
LT5455 Pragmatics  3
LT5456 Text Linguistics  3
LT5457 Computational Lexicography  3
LT5458 Computer-Assisted Language Learning  3
LT5459 Terminology and Translation  3
LT5460 Studies of Second Language Acquisition  3
LT5461 Cognition and Language Differences  3
LT5462 Social Approaches to Language in Education 3
LT5510 Contrastive Studies of Chinese and English Grammar  3
LT5512 Fundamental Questions in Language and Law  3
LT5513 Language in Legal Settings  3
LT5601 Stylistics and Translation  3
LT5603 Theory of Translation  3
LT5604 Translation Methodology  3
LT5605 Interpretation Methodology  3
LT5606 Translating Cultures   3
LT5615 Consecutive Interpretation  3
LT5617 Bilingual Reading and Writing for Translators  3
LT5620 Translation Technology  3
LT5621 Language and Literature in Translation  3
LT5626 Translation and Comparative Literature  3
LT5627 Advanced Interpreting  3
LT5628 Human-Machine Interactive Translation  3
LT5629 Translation Tools Development  3
LT5630 Special Topics in Translation & Interpretation  3
LT5631 Corpora and Translation  3
LT5632 History of Machine Translation  3
LT5633 Performance and Translation  3
LT5903 Language and Its Applications  3
LT5904 Language and Culture in Society  3
LT6421 Advanced Topics in Corpus and Empirical Linguistics  3
LT6422 Advanced Topics in Semantics  3
LT6423 Advanced Topics in Syntax  3
LT6504 Bilingual Legal Drafting  3
LT6505 Legal Translation  3
LT6514 Advanced Legal Translation  3
LT6530 Special Topics in Language and Law  3

§ Each semester throughout the entire period of candidature

+ LT8806 for linguistics students only and LT8807 for translation students only, 

Updated: June 2024