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Linguistics (Modern Languages) PhD

University of Nottingham

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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    University Park Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    SEP

  • Duration

    3 years

Course summary

A Linguistics (Modern Languages) PhD allows you to research a linguistic topic related to one or more modern languages. You may 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 analysisTranslation and interpreting studiesCorpus linguistics (especially diachronic linguistics)Applied linguistics, especially foreign/second language education and its historyHistorical linguistics

Application deadline

25/08/2025

Tuition fees

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£ 23,000per year

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University information

University of Nottingham

  • University League Table

    26th

  • Campus address

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

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