Linguistics

In deze mastertrack onderzoek je waarom mensen dyslectisch zijn en wat voor effect hersenbeschadigingen kunnen hebben op taal. Vanuit de taalkunde en neuropsychologie bestudeer je taalstoornissen.

De eenjarige mastertrack Neurolinguïstiek houdt zich bezig met vragen over taalstoornissen: Hoe komt het dat normaal ontwikkelende kinderen taal schijnbaar moeiteloos leren, terwijl dit niet geldt voor kinderen met gehoorafwijkingen of met het syndroom van Down? Waarom hebben sommige kinderen grote moeite met leren lezen en hoe ontstaat afasie?

In het eerste semester worden drie onderzoekscolleges aangeboden: Afasiologie, Taalontwikkelingsstoornissen en Dyslexie. In het tweede semester loop je stage. Als je een therapiebevoegdheid wilt behalen, wordt deze stage verzorgd door de opleiding Logopedie van de Hanzehogeschool.Deze therapiebevoegdheid kun je overigens alleen halen als je ook tijdens de Bachelor de minor Logopedie, bestaande uit vakken die worden aangeboden door de opleiding Logopedie, hebt gevolgd en als je na je studie ook nog een tweede stage bij deze opleiding volgt.

Als je al een therapiebevoegdheid hebt, of je wilt geen therapiebevoegdheid halen, dan doe je een onderzoeksgerichte stage.

Je sluit je opleiding af met een scriptie. Na afronding van je studie ontvang het diploma Master of Arts in Taalwetenschappen/Linguistics.

Can you learn a second language the same way you learned your mother tongue? What is the best way to test the language proficiency level of students? Find out in this master's track.

This one-year master's track focuses on research into foreign language learning and teaching. You will study the process of learning and the use of second languages. The track allows you to focus your research on your language of choice, for instance Dutch as a second language, but also English, French, German, Swedish, Chinese, or any other language.You will approach second language acquisition from many different angles, including (cognitive) psychology, social interaction and language teaching. You will be introduced to the field of linguistics, language acquisition and language teaching theory.The master's track focuses especially on dynamic aspects of language development, which explains how the process of second language development is affected by the dynamic interaction of a wide range of factors. You will learn about the social, psychological and cultural processes that interact in using a language or that may cause the use of a second language to grow or decline. You will explore didactic applications of recent research and theoretical developments, and learn about computer assisted language learning.Read more about the Department of Applied Linguistics.

How is language constructed and which aspects can be distinguished and studied? How are these aspects realized in different language families and specific languages?

European Linguistics is a one-year Master's track of the MA Linguistics which is based on the strengths of the Groningen linguistics sections (English, German, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish). It gives students a broad and attractive, but coherent and cohesive, range of options, oriented along the following approaches:

• Empirical investigation of the structure of the European languages, with focus on synchronic and diachronic variation
• Theoretical study of syntax, semantics, morphology, and phonology/phonetics
• Use of a variety of data (native speaker intuitions, corpus data, language acquisition data) and methodsThe track focuses on language with all its complexities. The main focus is how to make sense of complex data in order to be able to study the structure, variation, change, and development of language, so as to obtain a better understanding of the human language faculty.

It covers the principal subfields of linguistic study (sound, structure, meaning), and offers plenty of opportunity for students to focus on a particular language or language family (working with specialists in different modern European languages) or to pursue their interests in general linguistics.

We live in a world where multilingualism is the norm and monolingualism the exception. How do we deal with the challenges that this brings with it for the individual, for society and for institutions?

There's no doubt that multilingualism has important implications for communication, identity, social and cultural integration, development and education.

With its world-leading expertise in the fields of cognition, society and language the University of Groningen now offers a one-year Master's track in Multilingualism in co-operation with University Campus Fryslan (UCF) and NHL University of Applied Sciences.

The Multilingualism Master's track is unique in combining teaching of many societal, individual, educational, cultural and historical aspects of multilingualism with a practical, research-driven approach.

Students learn to deal with day-to-day issues such as helping companies overcome communication problems, design language policies or give schools advice on how best to teach children with foreign language backgrounds. They receive a MA degree in Linguistics.

The challenging Master's track in Multilingualism is situated in the picturesque town of Leeuwarden, capital of the officially multilingual province Fryslân in the Netherlands. Frisian is the second official language of the country. This setting allows students immediate access to a multilingual laboratory.

The Master's Honours Programme was developed especially for students who want to get more from their studies.

It is a programme worth 15 ECTS that is followed in addition to the standard Master's programme. It is a one-year interdisciplinary programme that is designed to introduce students to various aspects of leadership.