The English Language and Linguistics degree at York offers a hands-on approach, combining theory and practical exploration from day one. Experience research-led teaching from world-leading academics offering an unmatched breadth and depth of stimulating and innovative courses. Develop analytic skills and critical thinking through investigation of English and of the ways in which language offers an insight into the human mind. The English language is spoken by over one billion people, either natively or as a foreign language. This makes English a truly global window to the human mind. Through our BA in English Language and Linguistics degree, you will learn to understand what you see through it, by immersing yourself in the study of English from a scientific standpoint. Our approach to the study of English focuses primarily on spoken language data, using tools from the core areas of linguistics: syntax, phonetics and phonology, semantics, and sociolinguistics. You will also study the history of English, including the opportunity to learn some Old English, and to discover the forces that have shaped English over time. The course offers flexibility in module choices from the second year onwards, so you can focus on your main interests. You will be taught by world-leading academics, whose expertise covers a range of areas of linguistics, including forensic phonetics, historical linguistics, child language, and sociolinguistics. You will engage with the study of language both at the conceptual level and the detailed level of raw linguistic data.

teaching (primary and secondary) clinical linguistics (Speech and Language Therapy) forensic linguistics (including Forensic Speech Science) teaching English as a foreign language academic research and higher/further education.