Language is a central topic in cognitive science, computer science and the study of human behaviour. The research programmes of Linguistics study these fields in depth.

Language can be studied in many ways. You can, for example analyse texts or computer corpora, listen to people speak, or measure properties of sound waves in the lab.

There are three research programmes:

• Language and Cognition explores the way in which the brain employs and organizes patterns of speech.
• Clinical Linguistics focuses on brain processes and language: How is language stored in the brain and what happens to language when the brain is disturbed?
• In Language and Communication Technologies you will try to find the answers to questions such as: How do we find information in a multilingual environment? And how do we manage the information overload of modern media?

These two-year programmes all study language in depth.

All research programmes are taught in English.

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