Study linguistics in the context of the English language and develop a deep understanding of the way humans communicate with each other.Core modules will introduce you to the history, structure and use of the English language and give you a good grounding in areas such as phonetics, syntax and conducting language research. But you’ll also choose from a wide range of optional modules covering subjects such as language acquisition, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics and discourse analysis.You’ll study language in its spoken and written forms – you’ll engage with texts, but also undertake fieldwork and data analysis, gaining a wide range of skills that stand out to employers.Leeds has some fantastic resources for the study of linguistics and phonetics. We have a recording studio and fully-equipped phonetics lab for acoustic and articulatory speech analysis, as well as a linguistics lab including eye-tracking equipment and other resources to help with experimental research.You'll have access to the resources in the M&S Company Archive, where interesting work has already been undertaken to explore language use over a century of Marks and Spencer’s heritage. You'll be encouraged to make use of these facilities for module projects or dissertations, giving you valuable experience of different types of research.

School of Languages, Cultures and Societies