Linguistics and Communication

Become an expert researcher at the forefront of your field with this Linguistics and Communication programme from University of Birmingham.

This Linguistics and Communication Linguistics and Communication programme from  University of Birmingham University of Birmingham  offersc research supervision in a variety of fields in English Language and Applied Linguistics.

With an international reputation as a centre of excellence, our Department of Linguistics and Communication offers campus and distance-learning PhD supervision across a broad range of research areas.

Key facts

Whether you come to Birmingham or opt for distance learning, you’ll keep in contact with your supervisors by email, on campus or via video call. 

• Flexible research options: choose the standard PhD on campus or by distance learning, or a modular programme by distance learning.

• Access the Linguistics Research Laboratory, a 450 million word Bank of English corpus, plus electronic journals and e-books.

• Academic expertise across a range of English Language and Applied Linguistics specialisms.

Courses include:

• Corpus linguistics, 

• Cognitive linguistics and psycholinguistics,

• Stylistics and discourse analysis