Master of Arts in General Linguistics
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Programme overview
Main Subject
Linguistics
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
In the General Linguistics master's program, students learn to analyze the functions and characteristics of linguistic phenomena across languages. Learning goals are, on the one hand, the targeted use of empirical methods, the critical assessment of theoretical concepts and a confident handling of modern analysis methods of the subject. On the other hand, gaining knowledge about general characteristics of human languages - related to their development, their relationship to cognitive processes and to social practice. For this purpose, structural knowledge of at least two non-Indo-European languages is imparted.
Students can set an individual focus by choosing one of the three subject profiles:
In addition to the main areas mentioned, the Master's course offers the opportunity to get in touch with other research areas, such as language teaching research, variation linguistics and regional language research (especially Low German) or media linguistics and computer philology. The environment of the degree program is also expanded and deepened through cooperation within the university (e.g. Department of Computer Science) as well as nationally (RWTH Aachen, CAU Kiel, LMU Munich) and internationally (e.g. Oslo, Utrecht, Groningen, Paris, Modena, Bergamo). , Vienna, Cairo, Ankara, Tokyo, Melbourne, Taiwan).
Students can set an individual focus by choosing one of the three subject profiles:
- language typology
- language usage
- speech perception
In addition to the main areas mentioned, the Master's course offers the opportunity to get in touch with other research areas, such as language teaching research, variation linguistics and regional language research (especially Low German) or media linguistics and computer philology. The environment of the degree program is also expanded and deepened through cooperation within the university (e.g. Department of Computer Science) as well as nationally (RWTH Aachen, CAU Kiel, LMU Munich) and internationally (e.g. Oslo, Utrecht, Groningen, Paris, Modena, Bergamo). , Vienna, Cairo, Ankara, Tokyo, Melbourne, Taiwan).
Programme overview
Main Subject
Linguistics
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
In the General Linguistics master's program, students learn to analyze the functions and characteristics of linguistic phenomena across languages. Learning goals are, on the one hand, the targeted use of empirical methods, the critical assessment of theoretical concepts and a confident handling of modern analysis methods of the subject. On the other hand, gaining knowledge about general characteristics of human languages - related to their development, their relationship to cognitive processes and to social practice. For this purpose, structural knowledge of at least two non-Indo-European languages is imparted.
Students can set an individual focus by choosing one of the three subject profiles:
In addition to the main areas mentioned, the Master's course offers the opportunity to get in touch with other research areas, such as language teaching research, variation linguistics and regional language research (especially Low German) or media linguistics and computer philology. The environment of the degree program is also expanded and deepened through cooperation within the university (e.g. Department of Computer Science) as well as nationally (RWTH Aachen, CAU Kiel, LMU Munich) and internationally (e.g. Oslo, Utrecht, Groningen, Paris, Modena, Bergamo). , Vienna, Cairo, Ankara, Tokyo, Melbourne, Taiwan).
Students can set an individual focus by choosing one of the three subject profiles:
- language typology
- language usage
- speech perception
In addition to the main areas mentioned, the Master's course offers the opportunity to get in touch with other research areas, such as language teaching research, variation linguistics and regional language research (especially Low German) or media linguistics and computer philology. The environment of the degree program is also expanded and deepened through cooperation within the university (e.g. Department of Computer Science) as well as nationally (RWTH Aachen, CAU Kiel, LMU Munich) and internationally (e.g. Oslo, Utrecht, Groningen, Paris, Modena, Bergamo). , Vienna, Cairo, Ankara, Tokyo, Melbourne, Taiwan).
Admission Requirements
- a first professional university degree from a German or internationally recognized foreign university in the subjects "linguistics", "linguistics" or "philology", "German as a foreign/second language", "language teaching research" or subjects with these areas
- ie a minimum number of credit points from the area of core linguistics and linguistic sub-disciplines
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