Linguistics (Modern Languages)

Entry requirements

We would usually expect you to hold, or be working towards, a masters degree in a relevant subject.

Months of entry

October

Course content

A PhD in linguistics (modern languages) allows you to research a linguistic topic related to one or more modern languages. Our areas of expertise for supervision include the following:

• Sociolinguistics (including language standardization, historical sociolinguistics)
• History of Linguistics (i.e. history of ideas about language, including the history of grammar-writing of particular languages)
• Pragmatics and Interactional Linguistics (including Conversation Analysis in workplace and institutional settings, Politeness Studies, Intercultural Communication Studies)
• Discourse Analysis
• Translation and Interpreting Studies
• Corpus Linguistics (especially diachronic linguistics)
• Applied Linguistics, especially Foreign/Second Language Education and its history
• Historical Linguistics

You can research any modern language but the school has particular expertise in French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian-Croatian and Slovene, as well as expertise in Italian and Chinese. We also have a Centre for Translation and Comparative Cultural Studiesand an MA Digital Technologies for Language Teaching.