文学硕士（荣誉）英语

该计划在英语的学术研究中提供了广泛而富有挑战性的深度培训。它的目的是在历史和当前以及结构和分析的所有相关级别上发展对英语所有易于理解的方面的严肃学术兴趣和专业知识。这样，它提供了在严格，准确和有理论依据的分析中发展智力和方法学能力的机会。这样，它提供了在严格，准确和有理论依据的分析中发展智力和方法学能力的机会。英语是一门既具有历史性又具有描述性的学科，既具有文本性又具有理论性。在这几个方面，该主题可以被视为涵盖并反映了语言学和语言理论的传统。爱丁堡大学的语言学和语音设备在实验和实地考察中均处于世界一流水平
The English language has a well-recorded history of more than 1,000 years, and its changes can be traced through written materials ranging from medieval manuscripts to text messages, and more recently, through recordings of spoken English.<br><br>Using techniques from modern linguistics, you will analyse the structure of written and spoken English and will explore how the language has changed in the course of its history.<br>As well as being interested in the study of change in English, we have a strong tradition of investigating different varieties of the language, including:<br><br>Scots<br>distinct dialects of English<br>international variations <br>You can study modern-day varieties of English and Scots and identify the similarities and differences between the features of English and other languages.