English Language and Linguistics
| Specialisation of: | Linguistics |
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| Degree: | Master of Arts in Linguistics |
| Mode of Study: | Full-time, part-time |
| Duration: | 1 year (full-time); 1,5 year (part-time) |
| Start date: | September, February |
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Location: | Leiden |
| Croho/isat code: | 60815 |
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.
Programme
During the one-year programme, you gain in-depth and practical knowledge on how to use language for various purposes, such as to persuade, to write academically, or to entertain. You will accomplish this by taking part in a variety of compulsory and optional courses, such as translation studies (a course within the translation specialisation), or sociolinguistics, that focuses on the impact of society on language and describes language variation and change. In our seminars on topics such as phonology, syntax, morphology, and psycholinguistics, you study the origins of language by means of analyzing speech sounds, word structure, and sentence structure.
The only compulsory element in the programme is the master thesis.
For the current course overview, see the e-Prospectus English Linguistics courses and English Language Acquisition courses. Courses of the 2012-2013 programme will be published in Spring 2012.
