A combined English and Linguistics course offers one of the most stimulating university degrees.Studying English will give you new ways of thinking about the world and new possibilities of expression. Studying linguistics will enable you to understand and interpret language and to learn the science behind how we communicate. Studying English and Linguistics together offers you the exciting opportunity to study both the art and science of language.Staff in both departments are world-renowned for their research, which covers every period of history, many major languages and most literary genres around the world.Discover more about the Department of English and Related Literature’s exciting degree programmes. Watch our English video.York is one of Europe’s leading centres for research in Linguistics. Watch our Linguistics video.