Masters Degrees (Sociolinguistics)

This course explores 20th-century history of linguistics and the philosophy of linguistics. Join us for this master's in Sociolinguistics. Read more

We offer supervision for our MPhil Sociolinguistics in the areas of: conversation analysis, language variation and change, dialects and language contact, gender differentiation in language, multilingualism, intercultural pragmatics, language maintenance and shift, Pidgin and Creole linguistics, and language and human rights. Read more

“Sociolinguistics and Multilingualism” (SoMu) is an international joint-degree study programme offered by  Vytautas Magnus University (VMU), Kaunas, Johannes-Gutenberg University (JGU), Mainz, Germany, Stockholm University (SU), Sweden, and the University of Tartu (UT), Estonia. Read more

This Masters will enable you to explore the links between producing and processing speech and language as part of everyday social interaction. Read more

The MRes in Linguistics is a pre-doctoral training programme designed to provide a critical, research-led approach to the study of Linguistics, across a broad disciplinary range of subfields (sociolinguistics, formal linguistics, experimental linguistics, developmental linguistics). Read more

Depending on your background and research aims, you can choose from one of four pathways:  The Conversion pathway is designed to offer postgraduate… Read more

The Master's in Applied Linguistics provides a broad-based course of study in language description (language systems: grammar, lexis and phonology), theories of Applied Linguistics, theories of Second Language Acquisition, frameworks for the study of discourse, sociolinguistics, as well as specialist research skills for the empirical analysis of language in context. Read more

The MA in Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Studies is a one-year full time (or two-year part time) taught programme and is offered on a full-time basis using a combination of faculty-student contact hours and self-directed learning and research. Read more

The MA in Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Studies is a one-year full time (or two-year part time) taught programme and is offered on a full-time basis using a combination of faculty-student contact hours and self-directed learning and research. Read more

Study the nuts and bolts of language: sound systems, word structure, sentence structure, and how meaning is conveyed. Learn about the different theories that have been proposed to account for human linguistic ability. Read more

Discover how insights from linguistics help to explain how humans learn, understand and use languages. Read more

Our MA Linguistic Studies is our broadest postgraduate degree, offering you the widest choice of options. You expand your knowledge of language through studying everything from syntax and phonology, to sociolinguistic theory, to language learning. Read more

Take your Masters with one of the best Linguistics departments in the world. We are ranked 12th in the world for Linguistics by the QS World Ranking 2020. Read more

This course will give you an in-depth theoretical and methodological grounding in linguistics and phonetics – analysing how language and speech sounds are structured and used. Read more