English Language and Applied Linguistics PhD

**Become an expert researcher at the forefront of your field. With an international reputation as a centre of excellence, our Department of Linguistics and Communication offers campus and distance-learning PhD supervision across a broad range of research areas.**<br/><br/>We offer research supervision in a variety of fields in English Language and Applied Linguistics. These include: corpus linguistics, cognitive linguistics and psycholinguistics, and stylistics and discourse analysis.<br/><br/>Specific research interests include second language acquisition, sign language and gesture, figurative language and quantitative linguistics.<br/><br/>Youll conduct research at a world top 50 department for Linguistics (QS World University Rankings 2024). Our expertise covers Corpus Research, Cognitive Linguistics and Psycholinguistics, and Discourse Analysis and Stylistics. <br/><br/>At Birmingham, we offer a campus PhD and flexible distance learning PhD options for Linguistics and Communication. You can study in Birmingham or anywhere in the world.<br/><br/>Whether you come to Birmingham or opt for distance learning, youll keep in contact with your supervisors by email, on campus or via video call. <br/><br/>Flexible research options: choose the standard PhD on campus or by distance learning, or a modular programme by distance learning.<br/>Access the Linguistics Research Laboratory, a 450 million word Bank of English corpus, plus electronic journals and e-books.<br/>Academic expertise across a range of English Language and Applied Linguistics specialisms.