Linguistics - BA (Hons)

University of Manchester

Our BA Linguistics course will enable you to delve into the science of language - an everyday phenomenon which impacts our lives on an individual and a global scale. Through our course, you will explore the sounds and structure of languages across the globe, studying topics such as: * how languages change over time; * how children acquire their first language; * how language varies between different groups of people and across regions; * how we communicate as individuals and within groups; * what languages across the world have in common and how they differ; * what happens when speakers of different languages come into contact. With its diverse local communities, Manchester is an ideal site for carrying out research on linguistic variation and multilingualism. We conduct empirical and theoretical research and particularly a combination of the two. You will have access to one of the largest holdings of linguistics texts in the UK, and the opportunity to conduct research using English manuscripts held in our prestigious Special Collections. We have two laboratories, where you'll have the chance to use ultrasound imaging, laryngography and eye tracking technology. You will also be able to learn quantitative methods and use large language corpora skills which you will then be able to apply to other fields throughout your life. Linguistics at Manchester is unrivalled in its breadth of subject areas and theoretical approaches. Our strengths include, among others, phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics and child language acquisition, forensic linguistics, field linguistics and quantitative corpus-based approaches.