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Linguistics (Modern Languages), PhD, University of Nottingham

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University of Nottingham

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PhDFull-time, Part-time3 - 6 yearsOctoberfind outfind out

About Linguistics (Modern Languages), PhD - at University of Nottingham

What if your passion for linguistics could help improve the way we understand international history, culture and politics? Follow your research interests to a deeper level in a department ranked 5th for research power in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014.

Having completed a masters degree and agreed your topic with a supervisor, you will continue your research exploring themes from our wide field of specialisms:

  • Sociolinguistics
  • History of linguistics
  • Pragmatics and interactional linguistics
  • Discourse analysis
  • Translation and interpreting studies
  • Corpus linguistics
  • Applied linguistics
  • Historical linguistics

You may research any modern language but the school has particular expertise in; French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian-Croatian, as well as expertise in Italian and Chinese.

Attending research seminars and special lectures will be an important part of your doctoral journey. You will also have the opportunity to deliver papers of your own. The culmination of your work will be a thesis that makes a significant contribution to research in linguistics.

The University of Nottingham is one of eight universities making up the AHRC-funded Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership (M4C). The partnership provides funding and training to support the professional and personal development of the next generation of arts and humanities doctoral researchers.

Notes about fees for this course

Fees will be published on our website once available.

Entry requirements

2:1 (or international equivalent) in an arts, humanities or social science subject – we would usually expect you to hold, or be working towards, a masters degree in a relevant subject.

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