University of Essex

Building on the internationally recognised expertise of both our Departments of Language and Linguistics, and our Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies, our MA Audiovisual and Literary

Study languages from across the world, from their sounds and structures to their social functions. You explore what features are shared across all languages, and what the significance of their

Our MA Western Marxism and Translation will equip you both with important subject knowledge in Western Marxism and translation skills from English into Chinese. You will study at a world-leading

Questions concerning the impact of ideological and symbolic processes on the formation of political discourses, identities and communities are of crucial importance. All of these are covered within

Conduct an in-depth study of the grammar of English. Learn about dialectal and social variation, language change and the pragmatics of language use, and study varieties of English used around the

In this degree you will learn what human languages share, and where they differ.Our course will interest you if you want a formal and empirical grounding in all core areas of linguistics, and are

Applied linguistics addresses real-life language problems through insights gained from current linguistic theory, psychology and education.Our MA is designed for people who want to know more about