PhD in Applied Linguistics PhD

The PhD in Applied Linguistics is designed to enhance specialised linguistic knowledge through academic study and research. <br/><br/>The programme is suitable for all those interested in exploring how linguistic knowledge can be applied to everyday real-life phenomena such as language learning, language policy or language processing.<br/><br/>The course emphasises state-of-the-art research methodology appropriate for conducting linguistic research projects, using a wide range of linguistic research methods.<br/><br/>We are interested in hearing from students doing projects that link linguistic research with real-life language use in the following broad areas:<br/><br/>Second language acquisition<br/>Language learning<br/>Discourse studies and discourse analysis<br/>Psycholinguistics<br/>Syntax<br/>Semantics<br/>Phonology<br/>Lexis<br/>Sociolinguistics<br/>Language policy<br/>Language for specific purposes (eg academic, professional)<br/>Forensic linguistics<br/>Corpus linguistics