Chinese and Linguistics

About this course

Chinese is one of the world's most significant languages, spoken by more people than any other and central to understanding the culture, history, and contemporary global influence of China. Mandarin Chinese, as the standard spoken form, and written Chinese together provide access to a civilisation with millennia of recorded literature, philosophy, and art, as well as to one of the world's most dynamic economies. Linguistics, studied alongside Chinese, brings a scientific perspective on how language works, examining structure, meaning, acquisition, and the ways in which languages are shaped by social and cognitive forces. At the University of Edinburgh, this four-year full-time programme develops your Chinese language skills to an advanced level through sustained study of Mandarin and the written language, alongside engagement with Chinese literature, history, culture, and contemporary s

Where its graduates go

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