Bachelor’s degree with linguistics or phonetics as the main field of study, or a language degree with at least 60 credits in general linguistics and phonetics Bachelor’s thesis, or other equivalent academic work, relevant to the chosen subject (general linguistics or phonetics) English course 6/English level 2 (advanced proficiency).
The MA programme in Language and Linguistics consists of seven different specialisations and 18 subject areas. Within the Linguistics specialisation, you can choose between either General Linguistics or Phonetics.
Within General Linguistics, the profile areas are typological linguistics, evolutionary linguistics, cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics. Typological linguistics attempts to define the confines within which language structure can vary. Evolutionary linguistics aims to understand the reasons for linguistic diversity and the principles of language emergence and change. Cognitive linguistics seeks to obtain an understanding of the cognitive principles that lie at the basis of learning and using a language. Psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics investigate the psychological and neurological correlates of language structure and processing.
Within Phonetics, one profile area in Lund is prosody, which deals with speech melody and rhythm. This profile is central in the courses in phonology, the sounds of the world’s languages, experimental phonetics, and language and the brain. Descriptive phonetics, speech perception, and acoustic phonetics are other areas that students in phonetics may focus on.