English Language & Linguistics/Politics

Course description

**ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS**: English language and linguistics combines the study of the structure and meaning of the English language, past and present, to see what all this tells us about our culture, our society and ourselves. Over 50 years, we created the world-leading Historical Thesaurus of English, a unique resource charting the semantic development of the huge and varied vocabulary of English. You will also have access to dedicated laboratories for analysing spoken and written language.

**POLITICS**: Politics is the study of the way power and influence are distributed within society and how this affects decision making within and among countries and states. You will study a wide variety of topics within the discipline of politics including courses in international relations, political theory and British politics. You will have the opportunity to take part in our growing study abroad programme.

Subjects

• Politics
• Comparative politics
• British politics
• European politics
• Middle Eastern politics
• Parliamentary studies
• Political theory
• English language
• English linguistics
• English
• British studies
• Area studies, languages and literature
• Languages
• Language
• Linguistics
• Applied linguistics
• Philology
• Computational linguistics
• Language development
• Phonetics
• Lexicography
• Psycholinguistics
• Sociolinguistics
• Theoretical linguistics
• Historical linguistics
• Social sciences
• Diplomatic studies
• Policy studies
• Democratic studies
• Trade union studies
• Strategic studies
• Political economy
• International security
• European languages
• Spoken English