语言学哲学博士

语言学是语言的科学研究。它解决的问题涉及语言的结构，语言如何以及为什么发生差异和变化，人类如何获取和处理语言，语言与社会之间的关系以及构成我们所听到和听到的单词和语音的语音系统。例如，学习语言学可以帮助我们理解孩子们如何轻松学习英语和毛利语，为什么新西兰人听起来与澳大利亚人不同，为什么“ air”和“ ear”韵母人，而不是别人；为什么“甜为”不只是“ s语”。
The UC Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is a research-only degree, carried out under expert supervision and using world-class facilities. At UC you can complete a PhD in over 70 subjects, joining over 1,000 students from more than 60 nations.<br><br>A PhD involves extensive, sustained, and original research in your chosen subject, with the results being presented in a thesis that will contribute to intellectual knowledge of the field. It is a mark of intellectual ability, self-discipline, and commitment. A PhD prepares you for a number of careers, including as an academic.<br><br>Linguistics is the scientific study of language. It addresses questions relating to the structure of language, how and why languages differ and change, how humans acquire and process language, the relationship between language and society, and the systems of speech sounds that underlie the words and utterances that we speak and hear. For example, studying linguistics can help us to understand how children can easily learn to speak both English and Mori, why New Zealanders sound different from Australians, why the words air and ear rhyme for some people but not for others, and why 'sweet as isnt just 'slang.