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Linguistics (Modern Languages) PhD

University of Nottingham

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Course options

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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    University Park Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-OCT-21

  • Duration

    3 years

Course summary

Research overview

A PhD in linguistics (modern languages) allows you to research a linguistic topic related to one or more modern languages.

You can research any modern language but the school has particular expertise in French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian-Croatian, as well as expertise in Italian and Chinese.

Our areas of expertise in linguistics include the following: Sociolinguistics (including language standardisation, historical sociolinguistics); History of linguistics (such as history of ideas about language, including the history of grammar-writing of particular languages); Pragmatics and interactional linguistics (including conversation analysis in workplace and institutional settings, politeness studies, intercultural communication studies); Discourse analysis; Translation and interpreting studies; Corpus linguistics (especially diachronic linguistics); Applied linguistics, especially foreign/second language education and its history; Historical linguistics.

Graduates destinations

Many of our postgraduates have chosen academic careers and are currently in full-time posts in the UK. Others have moved into the civil service, the cultural industries, the media, publishing, teaching or translation.

The research training all our postgraduates follow equips them with a range of key transferable skills, such as analytical thinking, time management, and presentation and research skills.

Tuition fees

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£ 19,000per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

University of Nottingham

University of Nottingham

  • University League Table

    24th

  • Campus address

    University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, England

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