English at Otago opens the vast and provocative range of literatures written in English; provides a grasp of concepts and techniques for analysing texts; and improves communication skills. Students find their perceptions sharpened, their understanding deepened and their enjoyment enhanced - for life.

 

Linguistics is the study of language as a distinctively human characteristic (that sets us apart from all other species). It includes general principles about how languages work, how they are structured, how they change, how children learn a language, how they are used in human interaction, and their role in thinking about the world around us.

 

This major is available for the Bachelor of Arts (BA).

 

Language is power. We use language for the whole range of activities that make us human, from passion to politics; we negotiate through language in every waking moment of our lives. Literature is language at its most effective.

 

Linguistics provides more powerful insights into the structure and function of language in literature and in other domains of communication.

 

English & Linguistics is a rewarding subject for anyone interested in literature, languages, and teaching and learning second/foreign languages.

 

English & Linguistics, in combination, open up a wide range of career prospects. You will be trained to use analytic, evaluative and argumentative skills which are widely applicable in the modern world.

 

Linguistics is a valuable subject for those interested in second language teaching, interpreting/translating, writing and editing, speech therapy and computer programming.

 

The skills that you will acquire in Linguistics can be put to use in diverse kinds of employment once you have graduated.

 

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Email: english@otago.ac.nz

 

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Department of English

1st floor, Burns Building

University of Otago

PO Box 56, Dunedin