语言学硕士（荣誉）和英语

该计划提供了英语语言学方面的全面而又具有挑战性的深度培训。它的目的是在历史和当前以及结构和分析的所有相关级别上发展对英语所有易于理解的方面的严肃学术兴趣和专业知识。它还旨在比较英语和其他语言的语言分析。这样一来，它就提供了机会，可以在严格，准确和理论上强的分析中发展智力和方法论能力。语言学关注的是更多地学习语言如何获得，产生和理解，以及语言如何在个人与社会之间的互动中发挥作用，它的抽象结构是什么，如何在大脑中表示，以及语言如何随时间变化。该课程的学生将能够识别并清楚地描述复杂的表面层系统的系统性。爱丁堡大
Both Linguistics and English Language have a long history at the University of Edinburgh and our teaching staff have an excellent reputation for research in this area.<br>Linguistics examines how language works, describing how sounds, words, sentences and conversations combine to express and create meaning.<br>You will take two semester-long courses, which introduce you to the principles of theoretical linguistics. You will study the way we learn language, the regional and social variations of language in general, and of the English language in particular, and methods of communication. If you are studying a joint honours programme you will also take courses from your other subject area.Linguistics graduates work in a wide range of fields such as journalism, international relations, translation, marketing and social research. Recent graduates have taken up funded places on MSc programmes or have found employment in speech technology research.A linguistics qualification is also a good foundation for careers in professions such as speech and language therapy, adult literacy, or for teaching English as a foreign language.