Comparative Indo-European Linguistics
| Specialisation of: | Linguistics |
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| Degree: | Master of Arts in Linguistics |
| Mode of Study: | Full-time |
| Duration: | 1 year |
| Start date: | September, February (Start in September is strongly recommended) |
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Location: | Leiden |
| Croho/isat code: | 60815 |
The specialisation in Comparative Indo-European Linguistics deals with the study and comparison of a large number of interrelated languages in Europe and Asia, offering you a unique and inspiring study programme within the Netherlands.
Not only will you be following the only course of its kind in the country, you will be able to study languages not taught at any other Dutch institute – for example, Armenian, Albanian, Avestan and Lithuanian.
Students who want to combine Indo-European Linguistics with an in-depth study of a language or a group of languages will be able to take advantage of the expertise offered by the Faculty of Humanities in such relevant subjects as Indology, Classics, Slavic, Persian and languages of the Ancient Near East.
Research/PhD
Anyone with a Master’s degree can, in principle, apply for a PhD track. The procedure for admission to the PhD track is conducted by means of job applications. However, students with a particular interest in an academic career are advised to choose for a research master’s programme, since these programmes explicitly prepare students for research at the PhD level.
Linguistic research at Leiden University dates back to 1598, when Justus Lipsius compared the Persian vocabulary with Dutch and Latin and later Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn (1612-1653) argued that Latin, Greek, Slavic, Baltic, Germanic, Celtic, Indian and Iranian are interrelated. In 1974, Indo-European was established as an independent subject, along with a curriculum in Comparative Linguistics, which includes the Afro-Asian, Altaic, Amerindian, Caucasian, and Sino-Tibetan language families.
Research in Linguistics is primarily conducted at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL), which unites the linguists of the Faculty of Humanities of Leiden University.
Information about application and programmes can be found at the Leiden Humanities Gradute School website.
