Linguistics is the study of language as a human activity.
Our capacity for language sets us apart from other species, and is an important part of our national and ethnic identities.Linguistics explores how we combine words into phrases and sentences, how we convey social information and social goals, how language changes, how children learn language, and even how we understand what is meant but has not been said. Linguistics at the University of Auckland was ranked 56th in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021.
Postgraduate study in LinguisticsYou can undertake advanced study of language structure and use.Topics include:- Formal and functional syntax- Phonology- Historical linguistics- Language contact- Semantics- Pragmatics- Sociolinguistics
Linguistics can prepare you for a career in language education, speech and language therapy, journalism, lexicography, advertising, marketing, computational linguistics, machine translation, speech synthesis and recognition and forensic linguistics.
Prerequisite: A major in Linguistics, or an equivalent subject approved by the Academic Head or nominee
Complete 120 points comprising:
Selected courses must include exactly 120 points at level 700.
Selected courses must be approved by all Academic Heads concerned.