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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Avenue Campus
Full Time
Sep 2027
4 Year
The Department of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at Southampton is an internationally recognised centre of research excellence. We offer PhD supervision across a wide range of areas relating to language, culture and society, including applied linguistics.You'll be part of a friendly and supportive community with opportunities to:participate in student-led, interdisciplinary reading groupshear expert speakers from universities around the world in our seminar seriesgain experience in organising conferencesparticipate in staff-led research, including eye trackingbe trained and participate in departmental teachingparticipate in student-led seminarsThis is a thesis-only route and no taught components. The PhD is available in all areas of languages, cultures and linguistics research including:theoretical and applied linguisticsEnglish language teachinglanguage educationdiscourse analysisglobal Englishesfirst, second and additional language acquisition and language attrititioncultural, migration and literary studiesworld historyanthropology and linguistic anthropologytranslation studiesmedical humanities and disability and humanities Graduates with a PhD in modern languages from Southampton go on to teach and research.Main areas of researchOur researchers generally focus on one of these areas:contemporary languagelinguisticsculturesocietyOur staff are experienced supervisors, engaged in innovative research and postgraduate teaching, and there are excellent opportunities for interdisciplinary research.
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