Linguistics and Social Anthropology - MA (Hons)
The University of Edinburgh
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MA (Hons) Linguistics and Social Anthropology is a joint programme that will enable you to examine the diversity of human culture and communication, both ancient and modern.Linguistics examines how language works, describing how sounds, words, sentences and conversations combine to express and create meaning.Social anthropology is the study of human behaviour in living societies.Understanding a living society and its members involves participant observation. This means spending many months, or ...Read more

MA (Hons) Linguistics and Social Anthropology is a joint programme that will enable you to examine the diversity of human culture and communication, both ancient and modern.Linguistics examines how language works, describing how sounds, words, sentences and conversations combine to express and create meaning.Social anthropology is the study of human behaviour in living societies.Understanding a living society and its members involves participant observation. This means spending many months, or even years, living with and sharing the experiences of the people being studied.

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Jasmine
15 Oct 24

Amazing funding and facilities for my course but the range of student diversity and student support is a bit..Read more

SR
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04 Apr 14

Edinburgh is great, I love the nightlife, its an easy pull. The girls are great, so are the rest of the people. My course is ok, kind of boring but I have some brilliant..Read more

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36 Grades / Points required

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£9,535 per year

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£9,535 per year

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£1,820 per year

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£9,535 per year

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Students from Wales

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£9,535 per year

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Students from Northern Ireland

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£9,535 per year

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£28,000 per year

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