1. The Linguistics Tripos shall consist of one Part only.
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.69
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.
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.
6. The Faculty Board shall have power:
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.
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.
10. The papers set for the Linguistics Tripos shall be as follows:
Paper 1. |
Linguistic theory. |
Paper 3. |
Phonetics (also serves as Paper Li. 3 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).70 |
Paper 4. |
Syntax (also serves as Paper Li. 4 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).70 |
Paper 5. |
Semantics and pragmatics (also serves as Paper Li. 5 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).70 |
Paper 6. |
Phonology and morphology (also serves as Paper Li. 6 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).70 |
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).70 |
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).70,71 |
Paper 9. |
Foundations of speech communication (also serves as Paper Li. 9 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).70 |
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. |
Aspects of the history of the German language (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).72 |
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 Tripos). |
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:
12. A candidate who takes the examination in the year next but one after obtaining honours in another Honours Examination shall offer:
13. The following provisions shall apply to a dissertation offered under Regulation 12:
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.
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.