Language has been central to human history, helping us tell stories, share ideas, and build connections. On our language and linguistics courses you'll look at the science behind language acquisition and how language varies across cultures and societies.
Focus your studies on English or choose up to 3 modern languages from French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Mandarin. Immerse yourself in new cultures by working or studying overseas. BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 courses include the study of language with topics such as phonetics, syntax and discourse analysis. You’ll also cover applied linguistics, exploring language acquisition, sociolinguistics, and communication disorders. Alongside linguistics, we offer a wide range of cultural options, such as globalisation and transnational identity, race and ethnicity, gender in popular culture, and conflict narrative. On our courses, you'll discover the rich diversity and power of human communication.
Combine your studies with other subjects
Mix languages and linguistics with business management, English literature or history
My teaching in linguistics focuses on sociolinguistics, particularly language variation and change where I explore how a person’s age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity or social class group can shape how they talk. This is closely linked to my research in accent bias in the world of domestic abuse policing.
My teaching specialism is digital discourse, where we look at the ways people communicate online, how different platforms have different communicative norms and how to approach the research ethics surrounding digital contexts. As my principal research interest is in the language of online hate, this has closely informed my teaching.
My linguistics teaching reveals the hidden grammatical processes that underlie sentence structures. My research explores how these processes determine the patterns of language development that we observe in language acquisition, as well as in language attrition.
Student stories
Creative coursework helped build my career as an interpreter
Optional modules helped me turn a subject I love into a career
Emily Woods explains how the University's flexible approach to learning led her to a career that blends language analysis with real-world business applications.
