Hone your skills in linguistics

The world is becoming ever-more connected and multilingual. As it does, there’s increasing demand for researchers with a deep understanding of how languages work.

 

With our Master of Linguistics, you can build on the knowledge you acquired at undergraduate level and delve deeper into the world of linguistics.

 

While learning a variety of quantitative and qualitative research methods, you’ll hone your analytical and critical skills in this field. You’ll explore areas such as linguistic diversity, intercultural communication, and language processing.

 

Build your research skill set

Studying the Master of Linguistics will give you the chance to work with academic staff on their research projects and contribute to the research culture at the School.

 

You’ll gain a grounding in the quantitative and qualitative methods key to working with linguistic data, and you’ll learn to develop your own complex ideas related to linguistic structure and language use.

 

Explore research topics

You’ll be part of a research-intensive programme, working with internationally renowned researchers who run externally funded projects.

 

Research areas include language in the workplace, languages of the Pacific, New Zealand English, heritage languages, language variation and speech processing, and the syntax-phonology interface.

 

You can research an area of linguistics that relates to your goals and interests.