Linguistics and English Language PhD

We have an outstanding international reputation in many areas of Linguistics and English Language research.<br/><br/>Linguistics & English Language is rated 3rd in the UK by Times Higher Education for the quality and breadth of the research using the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021).<br/><br/>We can offer expert supervision across a wide range of topics, including:<br/><br/><br/>- Applied Linguistics<br/><br/><br/>- Developmental linguistics, including first and second language acquisition<br/><br/><br/>- Discourse and conversation analysis<br/><br/><br/>- Historical English linguistics, including the syntax, morphology, and phonology from the earliest periods to the present day<br/><br/><br/>- Language evolution<br/><br/><br/>- Linguistic fieldwork<br/><br/><br/>- Morphology, including word formation<br/><br/><br/>- Multilingualism<br/><br/><br/>- Phonetics and phonology, including diachronic phonology and the phonology of varieties of English, Scots and their history<br/><br/><br/>- Pragmatics<br/><br/><br/>- Sociolinguistics<br/><br/><br/>- Speech technology<br/><br/><br/>- Syntax and semantics, including theoretical syntax, descriptive syntax of English, diachronic syntax and both lexical and formal semantics<br/><br/><br/>- Varieties of English, both British and international<br/><br/><br/>**Research groups**<br/><br/>Our expertise clusters in a number of research groups and research centres:<br/><br/><br/>- Developmental Linguistics<br/><br/><br/>- English Language<br/><br/><br/>- Language Evolution & Computation (LEC)<br/><br/><br/>- Language in Context<br/><br/><br/>- Language Variation and Change (LVC)<br/><br/><br/>- Meaning and Grammar<br/><br/><br/>- Phonetics and Phonology<br/><br/><br/>- Centre for Language Evolution<br/><br/><br/>- Bilingualism Matters<br/><br/><br/>Research in speech technology is carried out at the Centre for Speech Technology Research, a collaboration between the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences and Informatics.