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PhD Cognitive Science of Language at McMaster University

McMaster University, Canada

Programme overview

The discipline combines expertise in psycholinguistics, core linguistics, cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience and corpus linguistics to investigate the connection between language structure, language processing and the neural basis of language.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities  |  Duration: 4 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

What you will study

Areas of research include: cognitive psychology of language corpus linguistics neurolinguistics phonetics psycholinguistics sociolinguistics theoretical linguistics.

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Entry requirements

Based in the department of Linguistics and Languages, the PhD program in the Cognitive Science of Language is interdisciplinary and includes faculty from Humanities, Science, and Health Sciences. The program has a strong research orientation with expertise in cognitive science, corpus linguistics, neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and theoretical linguistics. The program introduces students to the issues in those fields that form the nexus of, linguistics, cognitive science and cognitive neuroscience, and trains them in the research methods employed to study them. Required credentials: MSc in Cognitive Science of Language or equivalent Master's degree

Graduate programmes accept applications for September, January and May admit terms; programmes listed without open/close dates do not accept applications for that term.

Apply through the official page: https://gs.mcmaster.ca/how-to-apply/

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