PhD Linguistics at University of Kent

The PhD in Linguistics is a supervised research degree producing an original thesis of up to 100,000 words that makes an original contribution to knowledge. Researchers in Linguistics offer supervision across a wide range of areas and students attend research seminars, workshops and research and transferable skills training.

Duration: 3 to 4 years full-time, 6 to 7 years part-time  |  Intake: September, January, April  |  Study mode: full-time or part-time (Canterbury)  |  Location: Canterbury, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

An original thesis of up to 100,000 words, with progress monitored throughout. Recent projects include pragmatic instruction and verbal irony in EFL learners, linguistic cooperativity in clinical communication, fictional representations of the Nigerian Civil War and creativity as resistance in translation.

Career pathways

Postgraduate work in Linguistics prepares students for careers including speech and language theory, audiology, teaching, publishing, advertising, journalism, public relations, company training, broadcasting, forensic and computational work, and the civil or diplomatic services; a PhD is also a requirement for an academic or research career.

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