MPhil Modern Languages, Linguistics and Society

University of Central Lancashire

Research activities within Modern Languages, Linguistics and Society range from sign language to sociolinguistics. The team is working internationally to develop our understanding of the structure of spoken and signed languages, and the language used within cultural, social, political, institutional and forensic contexts. We offer alternative start dates for your research degree, commencing in September, January and March for maximum flexibility. September 2024 entry: Deadline for home students is 1 June 2024, EU/International is 1 May 2024, January 2025 entry: Deadline for home students is 1 November 2024, EU/International is 1 September 2024, March 2025 entry: Deadline for home students is 1 December 2024, EU/International is 1 November 2024. September 2025 entry: Deadline for home students is 1 June 2025, EU/International is 1 May 2025.

Consistently one of the University’s strongest areas of research, Modern Languages, Linguistics and Society contains international and world-leading researchers working collaboratively across disciplines in the areas of:

Sign language linguistics

Corpus linguistics

Forensic linguistics

Critical Discourse Analysis

Sociolinguistics

Second Language Acquisition

Critical digital pedagogy and computer-assisted language learning

Language teacher training

Interpreting and translation

Cultural identity and thought as expressed through world cinema and literature

Language-based area studies (e.g., Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish)