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  • Qualification

    MA - Master of Arts

  • Location

    Main Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    14-SEP-26

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course summary

Our MA Linguistics master's course is a flexible programme that aims to explore the breadth and the depth of linguistics. It builds on the widest range of teaching and research expertise, covering all aspects of theoretical and descriptive linguistics, including: phonetics phonology morphology syntax semantics pragmatics discourse and conversation analysis typology historical linguistics sociolinguistics cognitive linguistics and psycholinguistics computational and corpus linguistics field linguistics the documentation and description of endangered languages. Our teaching staff work on various practical applications of linguistics (eg language codification and language policy, institutional language, language in the community, forensic linguistics). Our internationally-recognised expertise encompasses a breadth of languages, including English and other Germanic languages, Romance languages, Russian, Polish, Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, Kurdish and other Iranian languages, Amerindian languages, languages of South Asia, indigenous languages of Australia and historical languages such as Old English, Old Saxon and Old Norse.

Tuition fees

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£ 29,900per year

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University information

University of Manchester

  • University League Table

    28th

  • Campus address

    The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, England

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    11th out of 25 2

  • Entry standards

    / Max 204
    154 76%

    9th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    62.0 62%

    15th

    1
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.05 76%

    21st

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