English Language and Linguistics

The MA specialisation in English Language and Linguistics offers a wide array of topics, centering on issues related to such questions as how language and people influence each other, and what the real function of language is. You will deal with the application of various aspects of linguistic theory to the description of the facts of English, with a particular emphasis on earlier stages of the language, such as Old and Middle English, as well as Early and Late Modern English.
The programme covers theoretical, applied, historical and socio-historical linguistics. It builds on current linguistic research carried out at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL), one of the largest linguistics institutes in the Netherlands, and you will benefit from the expertise of continental Europe’s finest English scholars.