Master of Arts in Language Studies
This taught postgraduate programme includes four streams:
1. General Linguistics
2. Corpus and Empirical Linguistics
3. Pedagogical Linguistics
4. Translation and Interpretation
文學碩士（語言研究）
此修課式研究生課程之專修領域包括：
1. 普通語言學
2. 語料庫與實證語言學
3. 教學語言學
4. 翻譯及傳譯

			Credit Units
No. of units required for the Master of Arts - No. of units required for the Postgraduate Diploma - No. of units required for the Postgraduate Certificate -			30 24 12

1. Programme Core Courses: (6-9 credit units)
6 credit units: students choose LT6582 Capstone Project OR 9 credit units: students choose LT6580 Master’s Project
Course Code	Course Title	Level	Credit Units	Remarks
Group A (choose either)
LT5903	Language and its Applications	P5	3
LT5904	Language and Culture in Society	P5	3
Group B (choose either)
LT6580	Master’s Project	P6	6	*
LT6582	Capstone Project	P6	3	*
2. Stream Core Courses (9 credit units)
Course Code	Course Title	Level	Credit Units	Remarks
Stream I: General Linguistics (9 credit units)
LT5401	Phonetics and Phonology	P5	3
LT5402	Syntax and Morphology	P5	3
LT5403	Semantics and Discourse	P5	3
Stream II: Corpus and Empirical Linguistics (9 credit units)
LT5406	Psycholinguistics	P5	3	For CityU Talents Programme only: To be transferred from BALLA/ BAMDCM/ BATVB under Undergraduate plus Taught Postgraduate Degree Programme
LT5411	Computational Linguistics	P5	3
LT5421	Corpus Linguistics	P5	3
Stream III: Pedagogical Linguistics (9 credit units)
LT5407	Research Methodology for Applied Linguistics	P5	3	For CityU Talents Programme only: To be transferred from BALLA/ BAMDCM/ BATVB under Undergraduate plus Taught Postgraduate Degree Programme
LT5451	Pedagogical Grammar: Chinese and English	P5	3	^, @
LT5458	Computer-Assisted Language Learning	P5	3
Stream IV: Translation and Interpretation (9 credit units)
LT5603	Theory of Translation	P5	3	*
LT5604	Translation Methodology	P5	3	*
LT5605	Interpretation Methodology	P5	3	*
3. Stream Elective Courses: (9 credit units)
Students are required to take 3 courses from their respective stream cluster.
Course Code	Course Title	Level	Credit Units	Remarks
Cluster A: General Linguistics
LT5417	Language Universals and Linguistic Typology	P5	3
LT5431	Functional Approaches to Syntax	P5	3
LT5454	Grammar of Chinese	P5	3	^, @
LT5456	Text Linguistics	P5	3
LT6422	Advanced Topics in Semantics	P6	3
LT6423	Advanced Topics in Syntax	P6	3
LT5457	Computational Lexicography	P5	3
LT5411	Computational Linguistics	P5	3
LT5458	Computer-Assisted Language Learning	P5	3
LT5510	Contrastive Studies of Chinese and English Grammar	P5	3
LT5421	Corpus Linguistics	P5	3
LT5416	Historical Linguistics	P5	3	For CityU Talents Programme only: To be transferred from BALLA under Undergraduate plus Taught Postgraduate Degree Programme
LT5432	Lexical Semantics	P5	3	For CityU Talents Programme only: To be transferred from BALLA/ BAMDCM/ BATVB under Undergraduate plus Taught Postgraduate Degree Programme
LT5451	Pedagogical Grammar: Chinese and English	P5	3	^, @
LT5455	Pragmatics	P5	3
LT5406	Psycholinguistics	P5	3	For CityU Talents Programme only: To be transferred from BALLA/ BAMDCM/ BATVB under Undergraduate plus Taught Postgraduate Degree Programme
LT5408	Sociolinguistics	P5	3	For CityU Talents Programme only: To be transferred from BALLA under Undergraduate plus Taught Postgraduate Degree Programme
LT5407	Research Methodology for Applied Linguistics	P5	3	For CityU Talents Programme only: To be transferred from BALLA/ BAMDCM/ BATVB under Undergraduate plus Taught Postgraduate Degree Programme
LT5430	Special Topics in Linguistics	P5	3
LT5409	Systemic Functional Linguistics	P5	3
LT5413	Philosophy of Language	P5	3
LT5462	Social Approaches to Language in Education	P5	3
LT5199	Professional Internship	P5	3	#
Cluster B: Corpus and Empirical Linguistics
LT5432	Lexical Semantics	P5	3	For CityU Talents Programme only: To be transferred from BALLA/ BAMDCM/ BATVB under Undergraduate plus Taught Postgraduate Degree Programme
LT5422	Neurocognition of Language	P5	3
LT5459	Terminology and Translation	P5	3	For CityU Talents Programme only: To be transferred from BATI under Undergraduate plus Taught Postgraduate Degree Programme
LT6421	Advanced Topics in Corpus and Empirical Linguistics	P5	3
LT5458	Computer-Assisted Language Learning	P5	3
LT5457	Computational Lexicography	P5	3
LT5431	Functional Approaches to Syntax	P5	3
LT5451	Pedagogical Grammar: Chinese and English	P5	3	^, @
LT5454	Grammar of Chinese	P5	3	^, @
LT5401	Phonetics and Phonology	P5	3
LT5407	Research Methodology for Applied Linguistics	P5	3	For CityU Talents Programme only: To be transferred from BALLA/ BAMDCM/ BATVB under Undergraduate plus Taught Postgraduate Degree Programme
LT5403	Semantics and Discourse	P5	3
LT5402	Syntax and Morphology	P5	3
LT5408	Sociolinguistics	P5	3	For CityU Talents Programme only: To be transferred from BALLA under Undergraduate plus Taught Postgraduate Degree Programme
LT5417	Language Universals and Linguistic Typology	P5	3
LT5456	Text Linguistics	P5	3
LT5510	Contrastive Studies of Chinese and English Grammar	P5	3
LT5413	Philosophy of Language	P5	3
LT5462	Social Approaches to Language in Education	P5	3
LT5199	Professional Internship	P5	3	#
Cluster C: Pedagogical Linguistics
LT5412	Language Teaching	P5	3
LT5418	Second Language Pronunciation Acquisition: from Theory to Practice	P5	3
LT5452	Learning and Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language	P5	3	^, @
LT5460	Studies of Second Language Acquisition	P5	3
LT5461	Cognition and Language Differences	P5	3
LT5411	Computational Linguistics	P5	3
LT5421	Corpus Linguistics	P5	3
LT5431	Functional Approaches to Syntax	P5	3
LT5420	Language Arts and Literature	P5	3
LT5454	Grammar of Chinese	P5	3	^, @
LT5432	Lexical Semantics	P5	3	For CityU Talents Programme only: To be transferred from BALLA/ BAMDCM/ BATVB under Undergraduate plus Taught Postgraduate Degree Programme
LT5401	Phonetics and Phonology	P5	3
LT5406	Psycholinguistics	P5	3	For CityU Talents Programme only: To be transferred from BALLA/ BAMDCM/ BATVB under Undergraduate plus Taught Postgraduate Degree Programme
LT5403	Semantics and Discourse	P5	3
LT5408	Sociolinguistics	P5	3	For CityU Talents Programme only: To be transferred from BALLA under Undergraduate plus Taught Postgraduate Degree Programme
LT5402	Syntax and Morphology	P5	3
LT5453	The Cantonese Language: Pronunciation, Lexicon and Grammar	P5	3	%, @
LT5462	Social Approaches to Language in Education	P5	3
LT5510	Contrastive Studies of Chinese and English Grammar	P5	3
LT5413	Philosophy of Language	P5	3
LT5199	Professional Internship	P5	3	#
Cluster D: Translation and Interpretation
LT5606	Translating Cultures	P5	3
LT5601	Stylistics and Translation	P5	3	*
LT5617	Bilingual Reading and Writing for Translators	P5	3	* For CityU Talents Programme only: To be transferred from BATI under Undergraduate plus Taught Postgraduate Degree Programme
LT5627	Advanced Interpreting	P5	3	*
LT5621	Language and Literature in Translation	P5	3	*
LT5633	Performance and Translation	P5	3	* For CityU Talents Programme only: To be transferred from BATI under Undergraduate plus Taught Postgraduate Degree Programme
LT5626	Translation and Comparative Literature	P5	3	* For CityU Talents Programme only: To be transferred from BATI under Undergraduate plus Taught Postgraduate Degree Programme
LT5630	Special Topics in Translation and Interpretation	P5	3	* For CityU Talents Programme only: To be transferred from BATI under Undergraduate plus Taught Postgraduate Degree Programme
LT6505	Legal Translation	P6	3	*
LT6514	Advanced Legal Translation	P6	3	*
LT5421	Corpus Linguistics	P5	3
LT5628	Human-Machine Interactive Translation	P5	3	*
LT5451	Pedagogical Grammar: Chinese and English	P5	3	^, @
LT5459	Terminology and Translation	P5	3	For CityU Talents Programme only: To be transferred from BATI under Undergraduate plus Taught Postgraduate Degree Programme
LT5456	Text Linguistics	P5	3
LT5413	Philosophy of Language	P5	3
LT5199	Professional Internship	P5	3	#
4. Free Elective: (3-6 credit units)
3 credit units: students choose LT6580 Master’s Project which counts for 6 credit units (Students are free to choose any one 3-credit unit course offered for the MA Language Studies programme.) OR 6 credit units: students choose LT6582 Capstone Project which counts for 3 credit units (Students are free to choose any two 3-credit unit courses offered for the MA Language Studies programme)
Medium of Instruction and Assessment
^ Medium of instruction is English, supplemented with Putonghua. % Medium of instruction is English, supplemented with Cantonese. @ Medium of assessment is English, supplemented with Chinese. * English is the main medium of instruction and assessment, supplemented with Chinese (Cantonese/Putonghua) in situations where English-Chinese translation and interpretation or Chinese linguistic data/texts is involved # English is the medium of instruction on campus and assessment; English and/or Chinese may be required by individual internship partners.

Additional Information
Intermediate Awards		Required Courses		Total Credits
Postgraduate Diploma in Language Studies 深造文憑（語言研究）		Fulfill the stream core requirements (3 courses/ 9 credit units) and elective requirements (5 courses, at least 3 should be taken from one’s respective stream cluster).		24
Postgraduate Certificate in Language Studies+ 深造證書（語言研究）+		any four 3 credit unit courses		12
+ The stream designation is not available to graduates of Postgraduate Certificate.