MRes Analysing Language Use

We maintain excellent student-staff ratios, and we integrate language learning with linguistics wherever there is synergy In theoretical linguistics, Doug Arnold, Bob Borsley, Louisa Sadler, and Mike Jones work on the structure of sentences, focusing on English and other languages; Andrew Spencer investigates how complex words are created; and Nancy Kula and Wyn Johnson work on sound structure In applied linguistics, Florence Myles, Monika Schmid, Sophia Skoufaki, Karen Roehr-Brackin, Adela Gánem-Gutiérrez, and Roger Hawkins focus on the learning of second and further languages, whilst Julian Good, and Christina Gkonou focus on issues to do with the classroom teaching of English as a foreign language Specialist facilities Our Languages for All programme offers you the opportunity to study an additional language alongside your course at no extra cost Meet other language enthusiasts through our student-run Linguistics Society Our ‘Visual World’ Experimental Lab records response times and eye movements when individuals are presented with pictures and videos Our Eye-Tracking Lab monitors eye movement of individuals performing tasks Our Psycholinguistics Lab measures how long it takes individuals to react to words, texts and sounds Our Linguistics Lab has specialist equipment to analyse sound An exciting programme of research seminars and other events Our Albert Sloman Library houses a strong collection of books, journals, electronic resources and major archives Your future On our course you develop key employability skills including thinking analytically, research design, data collection using quantitative and qualitative methods, data analysis and essay writing Our course can lead to a career in areas such as academia, secondary school teaching, forensics, publishing, administration, and public service We work with the University’s Employability and Careers Centre to help you find out about further work experience, internships,...