The linguistics research portfolio is evolving rapidly with enthusiastic and dedicated supervision for PhD work in linguistics and related language studies across a number of specialisms.We offer a stimulating, supportive and rewarding environment for advanced postgraduate study and welcome proposals for PhD work on all areas of linguistics, in particular those with interdisciplinary potential, where you have opportunities to combine methodologies from linguistics with, for example, literature, creative writing, history and memory studies, health care or social science.Areas of investigation currently or recently pursued by doctoral students include: the pragmatics of the communication of mathematics the role of iconicity in sign language meta-representation in the interpretation of Brechtian theatre gender representation in Algerian school textbooks intonation and communicative competence in L2 learners pragmatic strategies and autism a corpus-based study of gender and cross-cultural politeness strategies in email use.Our linguistics/English language PhD students have gone on to a variety of different roles following the successful completion of their research. These include academic posts as lecturers and postdoctoral research assistants at the University of Brighton and elsewhere, plus jobs in teaching, management, journalism and publishing.Apply to 'humanities' in the applicant portalApply with us for funding through the AHRC Techne Doctoral Training PartnershipKey informationAs a Linguistics and English Language PhD student, you will benefit from:desk space and access to a computer in a space specifically designed for research students. There are a range of facilities on the Falmer site include various catering options.access to a range of electronic resources via the university’s online library, as well as to the physical book and journal collections in the Falmer Library and other campus libraries in Moulsecoomb and in central Brighton.Academic environmentAs one of our students for the Linguistics PhD or English Language PhD at the University of Brighton you will work with dedicated research supervisors, who will help you though the planning and delivery of your research thesis and assist with your preparation towards a career.