文学硕士（荣誉）

爱丁堡大学在语言学领域拥有悠久的历史，并且是苏格兰唯一提供语言学硕士学位的大学。教职人员在该领域的研究中享有很高的声誉。语言学关注的是更多地了解语言如何被获取，产生和理解，语言如何在个人与社会之间的相互作用中发挥作用，其抽象结构是什么以及在大脑中如何表现以及语言如何随着时间变化。该课程的学生将能够识别并清楚地描述复杂表面层系统的系统性。
Linguistics examines how language works, describing how sounds, words, sentences and conversations combine to express and create meaning.<br>It studies:<br>the uses of language in everyday life<br>the ways in which it varies across society and evolves over time<br>how it is mastered by children<br><br>Linguistics has a long history at the University of Edinburgh, and our teaching staff have an excellent reputation for research in this area.<br><br>Linguistics is a new subject for nearly all undergraduates, so you will not need any prior knowledge at the beginning of the programme.<br>You will take two semester-long courses, which introduce you to the principles of theoretical linguistics. You will study the way we learn language, the regional and social variations of language in general, and of the English language in particular, and methods of communication. If you are studying a joint honours programme you will also take courses from your other subject area.You will take four further semester-long courses (two in the case of some joint honours programmes) looking at linguistic theory and research techniques, the structure of spoken and written English, and at the patterns of linguistic change as it has occurred in and beyond the UK.