DPhil in Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics

at University of Oxford

Modules:
 

• Linguistic theory (morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics and their interfaces)
• Indo-European comparative philology (especially Greek, Italic/Latin, Indo-Iranian, Anatolian, Celtic, Slavic and Tocharian)
• Phonetics and phonology (especially phonetics/phonology interface, speech perception, language comprehension)
• Romance philology (Research Centre on Romance Linguistics, especially diachronic morphology, syntax of Italo-Romance and phonetics of French)
• Neurolinguistics/psycholinguistics
• Ancient grammatical thought in the Greco-Roman tradition.

As a minimum, applicants should hold or be predicted to achieve the following UK qualifications or their equivalent:
 

• A master's degree in a relevant subject with a very good result or a result close to distinction level; and
• A first-class or strong upper second-class undergraduate degree with honours in a relevant subject.

Home Students:
£9,590 per year

Overseas Students:
£26,450 per year

Graduates follow career paths that include academia and higher education, research services, research and development, secondary and further education, industry and the civil service.