BA (Hons) English Language and Linguistics

Explore how language lies at the heart of human life and society with our BA English Language and Linguistics degree. This course examines how language is crucial to our understanding of ourselves as members of society, as individuals, and as a species. Our experts will support you to become a highly skilled user and analyst of the English language. As well as analysing language itself and how it works, you’ll investigate:language use in different social contexts and settings, including online and offlinehow language is acquired by children and adultshow language is taughtthe role of language in politics in an increasingly globalised world.Alongside this, you’ll develop your knowledge of grammar, phonetics and discourse analysis, and understand how language and linguistics relates to contemporary social issues, including politics, migration, gender and sexuality. 94 percentage of students in the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics said that their course challenged them to achieve their best work very often or fairly often (National Student Survey, 2023).