Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge
CHAPTER IV
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS AND TRIPOS EXAMINATIONS

The Ordinances contained in this Chapter are Ordinances of the General Board

In this section

TRIPOS EXAMINATIONS
(Old Regulations)

LINGUISTICS TRIPOS

OLD REGULATIONS88

Amended by Notices (Reporter, 2007–08, pp. 401 and 959)

One Part.

1. The Linguistics Tripos shall consist of one Part only.

Standing of candidates.

2. A student who has obtained honours in another Honours Examination may be a candidate for honours in the Linguistics Tripos in the year next after or next but one after so obtaining honours, provided that he or she has kept seven terms and that twelve complete terms have not passed after the student's first term of residence.89

3. No student shall be a candidate for the Linguistics Tripos on more than one occasion, and no student shall be a candidate for the Linguistics Tripos and also for another Honours Examination in the same term.

Examiners and Assessors.

4. The Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages shall nominate such number of Examiners as they think sufficient to conduct the examination, and shall have power to nominate one or more Assessors to assist the Examiners in any of the subjects of the examination. If required to do so, Assessors shall set papers in the subject or subjects assigned to them, shall mark the answers of the candidates in those papers, shall assess dissertations, and shall advise the Examiners on the performance of candidates in the examination. Assessors may be summoned to meetings of the Examiners for the purpose of consultation and advice, but shall not be entitled to vote.

5. The papers set by each Examiner or Assessor shall be submitted to the Chairman of the Examiners and one other Examiner for their approval.

Supplementary regulations.

6. The Faculty Board shall have power:

  1. (a)to issue from time to time supplementary regulations defining or limiting all or any of the subjects of examination and determining the scope and character of the papers, and to amend or withdraw such supplementary regulations as occasion may require, due care being taken that sufficient notice is given of any change;
  2. (b)to determine the credit to be assigned to each paper, and to establish guidelines to be followed by the Examiners for assessing candidates’ work in the examination and for drawing up the class-list;
  3. (c)to specify papers which shall include course-work or other exercises in addition to the written paper. The details of the course-work or other exercises required of candidates and the arrangements for the submission of such course-work or other exercises shall be prescribed by the Faculty Board from time to time. Each candidate will be required to sign a declaration that the course-work or other written exercises are his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that they do not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.
Variable subjects.

7. Before the end of the Easter Term each year the Faculty Board shall give notice of any variable subjects for the examination to be held in the academical year next but one following; provided that the Board shall have the power of subsequently issuing amendments if they have due reason for doing so and if they are satisfied that no student's preparation for the examination is adversely affected.

Class-list.

8. The names of the candidates who deserve honours shall be placed in three classes, of which the second shall be divided into two divisions. The names in the first and third classes, and in each division of the second class, shall be arranged in alphabetical order. For special excellence a mark of distinction may be awarded.

9. A candidate shall not offer in the Linguistics Tripos a paper that he or she has previously offered in another Honours Examination.

Scheme of examination.

10. The papers set for the Linguistics Tripos shall be as follows:

Group A

 Paper  1.

Linguistic theory.

Group B

 Paper  3.

Phonetics (also serves as Paper Li. 3 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).90

 Paper  4.

Syntax (also serves as Paper Li. 4 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).90

 Paper  5.

Semantics and pragmatics (also serves as Paper Li. 5 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).90

 Paper  6.

Phonology and morphology (also serves as Paper Li. 6 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).90

 Paper  7.

Historical linguistics (also serves as Paper Li. 7 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos and as Paper 15 of Part II of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos).90

 Paper  8.

The structure of English (also serves as Paper Li. 8 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos and as Paper 29 of Part II of the English Tripos).90

 Paper  9.

Foundations of speech communication (also serves as Paper Li. 9 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).90

Group C

 Paper 10.

The language of Italy (Paper It. 10 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).

 Paper 11.

The Hispanic languages (Paper Sp. 11 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).

 Paper 12.

[The history of the German language91] 〈Aspects of the history of the German language〉92 (Paper Ge. 11 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).

 Paper 13.

The history of the French language (Paper Fr. 13 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).

 Paper 14.

The history of the Russian language (Paper Ru. 9 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).

 Paper 15.

The history and structure of modern Greek (Paper Gr. 7 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).

 Paper 16.

The Romance languages (Paper CS 1 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).

 Paper 17.

The Slavonic languages (Paper CS 3 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).

 Paper 18.

History of the English language (Paper 13 of Part II of the English Tripos).93

 Paper 20.

Celtic philology (Paper 12 of Part II of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos).

 Paper 21.

The Greek language (Paper E2 of Part II of the Classical Tripos).

 Paper 22.

The Latin language (Paper E3 of Part II of the Classical Tripos).

 Paper 23.

Germanic philology (Paper 11 of Part II of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic).

 Paper 24.

Experimental psychology (the subject Experimental Psychology in Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos).

11. A candidate who takes the examination in the year next after obtaining honours in another Honours Examination shall offer:

  1. (a)Paper 1;
  2. (b)two papers chosen from Group B;
  3. (c)one further paper chosen from Groups B and C.

12. A candidate who takes the examination in the year next but one after obtaining honours in another Honours Examination shall offer:

  1. (a)Paper 1;
  2. (b)eitherthree papers chosen from Group B,
  3. ortwo papers chosen from Group B and a dissertation offered in accordance with the requirement of Regulation 13;
  4. (c)two further papers chosen from Groups B and C.
Dissertations.

13. The following provisions shall apply to a dissertation offered under Regulation 12:

  1. (a)Every dissertation shall be on a subject that falls within the scope of a paper from Group B.94 A candidate shall not offer a dissertation on a subject that falls within the scope of any paper that he or she intends to offer in the examination.
  2. (b)A candidate who wishes to offer a dissertation shall submit the proposed title of the dissertation, together with a statement of the scheme of papers to be offered in the examination, through his or her Tutor to the Secretary of the Faculty Board so as to arrive not later than the fifth day of the Full Michaelmas Term next preceding the examination. A candidate shall obtain the approval of the proposed title by the Faculty Board not later than the division of that term.
  3. (c)A dissertation shall be in English, but quotations from primary sources must be in the language of the original. A dissertation shall be typewritten, except where a non-Roman or symbolic typeface is necessary and cannot be provided; in such a case hand-written or photocopied extracts may be inserted. A dissertation shall normally be of not less than 8,000 words and in any case not more than 10,000 words in length (including notes and appendices but excluding bibliography).
  4. (d)Two copies of the dissertation shall be submitted through the candidate's Tutor, in accordance with detailed arrangements approved by the Faculty Board, so as to reach the Secretary of the Faculty Board not later than the second Friday of the Full Lent Term next preceding the examination. Each candidate will be required to sign a declaration that the dissertation is his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.
  5. (e)A candidate may be called for viva voce examination on the subject of his or her dissertation.

SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS

Paper 3. Phonetics

The examination for this paper will consist of a written paper and a practical component. The practical component will assess competence in impressionistic and quantitative phonetic methods.

Paper 9. Foundations of speech communication

The examination for this paper will consist of a written paper and a 4,000-word project to be submitted on the first day of the Full Easter Term in which the examination is to be held.

Footnotes

  1. 88. These regulations will be replaced by New Regulations in accordance with the timetable in Temporary Regulation 17 of the New Regulations, p. 000.(Refs: 1)
  2. 89. See also the regulations for Affiliated Students.(Refs: 1)
  3. 90. These papers also serve as papers in the Preliminary Examination for the Linguistics Tripos.(Refs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
  4. 91. This paper is suspended for 2008–09.(Refs: 1)
  5. 92. The title in angular brackets will replace the title in square brackets with effect from 1 October 2009.(Refs: 1)
  6. 93. This paper is suspended until further notice.(Refs: 1)
  7. 94. The Faculty Board will not permit a candidate to offer a dissertation unless he or she has offered the corresponding paper in the Preliminary Examination.(Refs: 1)