German Language and 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 |
| Language of instruction: | German |
| Location: | Leiden |
| Croho/isat code: | 60815 |
The department’s research is particularly strong in the field of historical linguistics. Run jointly by Leiden University’s Department of German, the University of Amsterdam and the University of Utrecht, you will be able to take advantage of a broad range of specialised courses on the programme, and will benefit from each university’s specific teaching and research methods.
Text is produced whenever people produce language, and this is invariably created within a certain context. Depending on the speaker and the circumstances, each situation produces a different kind of spoken text. The Linguistic specialisation provides insight into this interaction of text and context. You will learn to analyse language by studying the constitution of text—spoken as well as written—in its social, medial, cultural and historical context.
