Linguistics and English Language (The University of Manchester)

Manchester is an international centre for linguistics and English language. The Department is virtually unique in the UK and beyond in the breadth of subject areas and theoretical approaches represented by its members, many of whom are internationally renowned scholars in their specialisms. Particular strengths in the discipline include: endangered languages, field linguistics and language documentation, the linguistics of English (both synchronic and diachronic), phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax (especially lexical-functional grammar and construction grammar), typology, language contact and sociolinguistics, historical linguistics (especially English, Romance and Germanic), (formal) semantics and pragmatics, and corpus and computational linguistics.

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Information about our courses

Undergraduate courses
Postgraduate taught courses
Postgraduate research programmes

Research

In Linguistics and English Language here at the University of Manchester, we are committed to extending and deepening understanding of natural languages by fostering an environment favourable to empirical research on all aspects of linguistic theory. There is a lively research culture with activity over a wide range of topics and theoretical approaches. Follow the link below for information on the specialisms of our staff and on some of our projects, conferences and other activities.

Research in Linguistics and English Language

Current students and staff

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Resources in Linguistics and English Language.

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