English Language and Linguistics BA

In the Guardian University Guide 2025, we are ranked 9th for English, and we are ranked 3rd in UK for English Language in the Daily Mail University Guide 2025. 

100% of our students said teaching staff are good at explaining things (National Student Survey 2024, responders from the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics).

Our experts will support you to become a highly skilled user and analyst of the English language. As well as analysing language itself and how it works, you’ll investigate:

• language use in different social contexts and settings, including online and offline
• how language is acquired by children and adults
• how language is taught
• the role of language in politics in an increasingly globalised world.

Alongside this, you’ll develop your knowledge of grammar, phonetics and discourse analysis, and understand how language and linguistics relates to contemporary social issues, including politics, migration, gender and sexuality.