PgDip Linguistics at Queen's University Belfast

A Postgraduate Diploma that builds the research skills and subject knowledge needed for language-focused research, with a strong focus on the social, behavioural, human and economic facets of language and language variation. It is distinctive in covering English, French and Irish language and linguistics.

Faculty: Arts, English and Languages  |  Department: School of Arts, English and Languages  |  Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time  |  Intake: 2027/28 academic year; late September start  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time  |  Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

What you will study

The programme is taught in the School of Arts, English and Languages by specialists in English, French, Irish, Breton and community languages. It covers structural and formal aspects of linguistic organisation (phonetics/phonology, morpho-syntax, lexis, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, variation and change) and their effects on communication, with training in research methods for identifying, capturing and analysing linguistic data. Up to 20 CATS may be taken from the MA in Translation pathway.

Career pathways

Graduates can consider employment in research in speech and language, education, language policy and heritage, marketing and communication, journalism, translation and interpreting, and law.

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