Study linguistics in the context of the English language and develop a deep understanding of the way humans communicate with each other.Compulsory modules will introduce you to the history, structure and use of the English language and give you a good grounding in areas such as phonetics, syntax and conducting language research. You may also cover subjects such as language acquisition, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics and discourse analysis.You’ll study language in its spoken and written forms – you’ll engage with texts, but also undertake fieldwork and data analysis, gaining a wide range of skills that stand out to employers.Specialist facilitiesLeeds has fantastic resources for studying an English Language and Linguistics joint honours degree, including a fully-equipped phonetics lab for acoustic and articulatory speech analysis, a recording studio and a range of other resources to help with experimental research.You'll be encouraged to make use of these facilities for module projects or your Final Year Project, giving you valuable experience of different types of research.The Brotherton Library holds a wide variety of manuscript, archive and early printed material in its Special Collections – valuable assets for your independent research. You’ll have access to free classes and workshops so you can learn how to use them.Take a look around our libraries:Brotherton LibraryLaidlaw LibraryEdward Boyle Library