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MA Linguistics (by Research)

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    MA by Research 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

Course Description

This course gives you the opportunity to pursue research in the field of linguistics.  It comprises independent research, and a course designed to develop knowledge of key research skills and practices.

You will join a thriving postgraduate community of researchers in Linguistics, and a unique student support structure with a dedicated team of tutors and supervisors. Linguistics has a proud record of excellence in research. Our colleagues are leading authorities in their respective research specialisms. They contribute actively to the School’s research ethos, produce journal articles and books, and present at national and international conferences.

What you’ll study

This course offers a broad range of degree topics, aligned with the specialist areas in which our academic team publish research.

Research in the following topics could be supervised:

  • clinical Linguistics;
  • language, gender and sexuality;
  • media discourse;
  • sociolinguistics;
  • discourse analysis;
  • pragmatics;
  • language and identity;
  • forensic linguistics;
  • corpus linguistics; and
  • computer-mediated communication.

Entry Requirements

  • You will need a UK honours (minimum 2.2) degree in a relevant subject or equivalent.
  • You will also need to write a 300-word outline of your proposed research area.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

You might be able to get a scholarship to help fund your studies. We award scholarships to those students who can demonstrate excellent achievement, passion and dedication to their studies.

Student Destinations

At NTU we believe in providing education and research that are directly relevant and beneficial to your career. We place particular emphasis on helping students to develop transferable skills that are useful in all walks of life, such as problem-solving, analysis and confident communication. We also seek to provide an atmosphere that encourages initiative, innovation and entrepreneurship, alongside academic excellence.

This course provides excellent preparation for undertaking a PhD, and gives you the freedom and support to shape your own work in the area of linguistics.

This course does not currently offer placements however students benefit from extensive contacts in the field of linguistics offered by our academic team.

Contacts include experts in the fields of clinical linguistics, social linguistics, forensic linguistics, media discourse, gender and sexuality and languages.

Module Details

This course is divided into modules, which are worth a number of credit points and are separately taught and assessed.  To get your degree you have to pass all modules to collect 180 credit points.

  • Philosophical Approaches to Research (40 credit points)
  • Dissertation and Research Preparation (140 credit points)

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