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Bangor University: Linguistics

Institution Bangor University View institution profile
Department School of Linguistics and English Language
Web postgraduate.bangor.ac.uk
Email postgraduate@bangor.ac.uk
Telephone 01248 383762
Study type Taught

Summary

Bangor University’s Masters in Linguistics course is for students with an undergraduate degree in any subject who want a qualification in linguistics. Students who have a BA in Linguistics may be exempt from compulsory modules which they have already covered as part of their first degree, or may prefer to follow one of the other MA courses offered by the School.

We are an accessible, friendly Department whose staff who are passionate about passing on their expertise and subject knowledge and committed to delivering the highest quality learning experience for our students. Our research informs our teaching provision at all levels, with our students benefitting from enthusiastic staff at the cutting-edge of academic enquiry and developments. Our staff is committed to providing an excellent student experience with strong personalized student support throughout the duration of your MA in Linguistics studies.

Following taught components students on this degree will complete an independent research-based Masters level dissertation project. The staff in our Department provide excellent personalized supervision and academic support for dissertations on wide range of language acquisition and development topics using applied, theoretical, experimental, corpus-based or ethnographic methodological frameworks. These include are not limited to: psycholinguistics, child language acquisition, 2nd language acquisition, discourse analysis, TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), SLA and language teaching, corpus linguistics, language and communication, phonetics & phonology, morphosyntax, semantics and pragmatics, historical linguistics, language variation and change, language and communication, bilingualism and multilingualism, language disorders, Cognitive Discourse Analysis (CoDA), Welsh linguistics and language technologies / natural language processing (NLP).

Students on our Linguistics MA can use state-of-the-art learning facilities which include:

  • A professional grade sound / recording studio and speech laboratory (with Yamaha, Alesis and RØDE recording equipment)

  • An eye tracking laboratory (with a Tobii Pro X2-60 eye tracker)

  • An event-related potential (ERP) laboratory (with an actiCHamp Plus ERP machine)

  • And dedicated corpus-linguistics software and resources.

Our staff also have expertise in and provide support for the following:

  • Statistical software such as: SPSS, R-Statistics and Excel.

  • Experimental psychology software such as E-Prime, GORILLA Experiment Builder, Open Sesame and Webexp.

  • Acoustic and phonetic analysis software such as: Audacity, Praat, and SIL Speech Analyzer

  • Standardised psychometric /language tests (e.g., EVT, BPVS, NARA, WISC, K-BIT, TROG, CELF)

  • A wide range of specialized corpora and concordance software including CHILDES and CLAN

At Bangor you will be part of a vibrant, innovative research community which is supported through various events throughout the year, ranging from individual talks to informal seminars and workshops to large conferences. Many of these are open not just to academic staff, but also to students and to the general public.

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Bangor University

Between the mountains and the sea in North Wales, Bangor University’s campus is surrounded by a breathtaking natural landscape. Bangor offers the highest quality teaching in a supportive learning environment with courses across the arts, humanities and sciences. Most postgraduate taught courses are offered on a full-time and part-time basis, allowing you to fit your studies around your life. In addition, the selection of distance learning courses, as well as ‘blended’ courses that combine remote and face-to-face study opportunities allow for further personalisation.

Bangor University provides strong support for research activities, and there are several subject related specialist resources …

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