Master of Arts in Linguistics Bangor University, UK

Bangor University’s Masters in Linguistics provides postgraduate-level training for students who wish to develop a deeper understanding of the empirical, theoretical, and conceptual aspects of Linguistics.

This course is designed for home and international students with a strong interest in linguistics. Two possible paths are offered: one for students who have a BA in Linguistics and want to pursue more advanced studies in the discipline, and one for students with an undergraduate degree in any other subject wishing to achieve a quali?cation in linguistics.

We are an accessible, friendly Department whose staff are passionate about passing on their expertise and subject knowledge as well as committed to delivering the highest quality learning experience. Our research informs our teaching provision at all levels, meaning you'll learn about topics we're researching right now. Students benefit from enthusiastic staff at the cutting-edge of academic enquiry. Our staff are committed to providing an excellent student experience with strong personalised support throughout the duration of your MA in Linguistics.

Following taught components, students on this degree will complete an independent research-based Masters level dissertation. The staff in our Department provide excellent personalised supervision and academic support for dissertations on a wide range of topics in Linguistics using applied, theoretical, experimental, corpus-based or ethnographic frameworks. These include, but are not limited to:

• Psycholinguistics
• Child language acquisition
• 2nd language acquisition
• Discourse analysis
• TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
• SLA and language teaching
• Corpus linguistics
• Sociolinguistics
• Language and communication
• Phonetics & phonology
• Morphosyntax
• Semantics and pragmatics
• Historical linguistics
• Language variation and change
• Language and communication
• Bilingualism and multilingualism
• Language disorders
• Cognitive Discourse Analysis (CoDA)
• Welsh linguistics and language technologies / natural language processing (NLP)