Linguistics BA Honours

Our Linguistics BA Honours degree focuses on developing your understanding of how language works, how we use language, and the growth of language in the mind.

You’ll explore linguistics in relation to English and other languages to build a firm base of skills and knowledge. This will open up many career paths to you – from journalism and data science to teaching or further postgraduate study.

In your first year, you’ll study a foreign language, modern or ancient, alongside linguistics. Throughout your degree, you’ll follow a cutting-edge programme shaped by the expertise of our world-leading researchers. You’ll explore the latest ideas and most exciting areas of linguistics, such as:

• first and second language acquisition
• language evolution and computational modelling
• language variation and change
• psycholinguistics
• theoretical linguistics

At the end of this course, you’ll become a confident and competent professional. You will become an expert in the scientific study of language, covering sound systems, structure, and social context.