The Bachelor of Arts (BA) is Otago's most flexible undergraduate degree programme, enabling students to study from a selection of more than 40 arts and social science subjects, as well as papers offered elsewhere in the University. Academic breadth is complemented by in-depth knowledge gained through majoring in one or two subjects with the option of minors in one or two others. Students are taught by research-active scholars, are expected to undertake a diverse range of learning tasks and are challenged to develop their intellectual independence. Graduates of the programme are well-informed, versatile, independent thinkers with the information literacy, communication, research and interpersonal skills necessary for a career or further academic study. The completed BA is an entry qualification for the PGDipArts in the major subject of the degree. Linguistics Language is central, and perhaps unique, to human experience. Interest in its study has existed throughout history. Consequently, questions about language, and particularly the nature of its structure, use and development, have engaged scholars from a wide range of disciplines. Linguistics is the discipline that addresses these and other related questions directly. Linguistics comprises different areas of specialisation: phonetics (the study of speech sounds) phonology (the study of sound systems) morphology (the study of the internal structure of words) syntax (the study of how words are combined into sentences) semantics (the study of meaning) pragmatics (the study of meaning in relation to the way language is used) socio-linguistics (the study of language in its social context) historical linguistics (the study of language change) universal typology (the study of language universals and differences) acquisition (the study of how first and second languages are learned) applied linguistics (the application of linguistics to language teaching and other professional activities) Programme Requirements 100-level LING 111 Language and its Structure Any 100-level paper in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Latin, Linguistics, Māori Language (MAOR 110, MAOR 111, MAOR 112), Sanskrit or Spanish 200-level LING 214 Syntax Two further 200-level LING papers 300-level Four 300-level LING papers 72 Plus 198 further points; must include 54 points at 200-level or above. Up to 90 points may be taken from outside Arts