48 monthsProgramme duration
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Modern Languages
Degree
MA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
One of the world's ten most widely spoken languages, Portuguese is estimated to have around 260 million speakers. From Brazil to Mozambique, the many countries where it is spoken have fascinatingly rich and varied cultures.
This flexible programme gives you the opportunity to study Portuguese while developing your social scientific understanding of language. Beginners are very welcome.
Portuguese and Linguistics make an excellent joint honours choice by combining the study of:
- a modern language in its global cultural context
- the expression and creation of meaning
Linguistics courses of particular relevance to language students cover:
- the speech sounds of the world's languages
- variation in the languages of the world
- the structure and history of world languages
Portuguese
As a world-leading festival city, Edinburgh is a fantastic place to study a global language in its cultural context.
Our programme is for learners with varying amounts of experience of Portuguese, including those who are just starting out; many of our graduates started as complete beginners in the language.
On this programme, you will have the opportunity to develop advanced spoken and written skills in Portuguese while gaining the broad cultural education valued by graduate employers.
As well as intensive language training, you will be immersed in an extraordinary range of literature, film, music and arts from Portugal, Brazil and Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) Africa, explored in its historical context.
We are unique in Scotland in offering students a full academic year abroad within the four-year honours programme regardless of whether you spend the year studying or working, and you will spend Year 3 in a country where Portuguese is spoken.
Linguistics
Linguistics examines how language works, describing how sounds, words, sentences and conversations combine to express and create meaning.
You will also study:
- the uses of language in everyday life
- the ways in which language varies across society and evolves over time
- how language is mastered by children
As you progress through the programme, you will have the opportunity to plan and test scientific hypotheses about linguistic phenomena using specialist linguistics and phonetics equipment.
Programme benefits
- Study over four years, giving you the choice and flexibility to try out different things.
- Go abroad for the first of your honours years - Year 3.
- Build up to fluency in the Portuguese language and specialise in different aspects of Portuguese and Latin American studies and linguistics as you move through your degree.
- Combine practical language learning with language science.
- Delve into fantastic libraries and collections at the University and in the city.
- Join societies, attend events, and gain the skills and confidence for life after university.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Modern Languages
Degree
MA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
One of the world's ten most widely spoken languages, Portuguese is estimated to have around 260 million speakers. From Brazil to Mozambique, the many countries where it is spoken have fascinatingly rich and varied cultures.
This flexible programme gives you the opportunity to study Portuguese while developing your social scientific understanding of language. Beginners are very welcome.
Portuguese and Linguistics make an excellent joint honours choice by combining the study of:
- a modern language in its global cultural context
- the expression and creation of meaning
Linguistics courses of particular relevance to language students cover:
- the speech sounds of the world's languages
- variation in the languages of the world
- the structure and history of world languages
Portuguese
As a world-leading festival city, Edinburgh is a fantastic place to study a global language in its cultural context.
Our programme is for learners with varying amounts of experience of Portuguese, including those who are just starting out; many of our graduates started as complete beginners in the language.
On this programme, you will have the opportunity to develop advanced spoken and written skills in Portuguese while gaining the broad cultural education valued by graduate employers.
As well as intensive language training, you will be immersed in an extraordinary range of literature, film, music and arts from Portugal, Brazil and Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) Africa, explored in its historical context.
We are unique in Scotland in offering students a full academic year abroad within the four-year honours programme regardless of whether you spend the year studying or working, and you will spend Year 3 in a country where Portuguese is spoken.
Linguistics
Linguistics examines how language works, describing how sounds, words, sentences and conversations combine to express and create meaning.
You will also study:
- the uses of language in everyday life
- the ways in which language varies across society and evolves over time
- how language is mastered by children
As you progress through the programme, you will have the opportunity to plan and test scientific hypotheses about linguistic phenomena using specialist linguistics and phonetics equipment.
Programme benefits
- Study over four years, giving you the choice and flexibility to try out different things.
- Go abroad for the first of your honours years - Year 3.
- Build up to fluency in the Portuguese language and specialise in different aspects of Portuguese and Latin American studies and linguistics as you move through your degree.
- Combine practical language learning with language science.
- Delve into fantastic libraries and collections at the University and in the city.
- Join societies, attend events, and gain the skills and confidence for life after university.
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