Language and Communication
| 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: | Dutch, English |
| Location: | Leiden |
| Croho/isat code: | 60815 |
The Language and Communication specialisation gives you the chance to study various aspects of language, in its function as the ultimate specialised communication tool of human beings. You have the opportunity to study the role of words, grammatical constructions and texts, in such contexts as influencing people’s ideas, regulating social relations, co-ordinating actions and exchanging information.
You investigate how language interacts with culture and with institutions in communication, as well as with different media – not only speech and writing, but modern media as well – and how language changes in the process. We discuss how children learn language through communication, and how they enhance both their communicative and their cognitive skills by means of language.
The diversity of linguistic expertise in Leiden places you in a unique position to discover how different languages provide – sometimes fundamentally – different instruments of communication, related to different cultural and social systems.
Reasons to choose Language and Communication in Leiden:
- The Leiden specialisation in Language and Communication focuses on the interaction between languages and the environments in which they are being put to use.
- All our courses benefit from research carried out at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL), one of the largest linguistics institutes in the Netherlands. Members of the research group on “Language Use” in particular contribute to the programme.
- You are free to choose courses from the rich variety of language programmes at Leiden University – we study eighty different languages from all over the world – or courses from other universities in the Netherlands.
- Our programme is taught by a dedicated team of instructors, all of whom are active researchers.
- You will benefit from intensive but informal communication with our staff.
