Experimental Linguistics

About this course

Experimental linguistics applies the methods of empirical science to the study of language, using carefully designed experiments, quantitative analysis, and data from speakers and listeners to test hypotheses about how language works. Where traditional linguistics might describe the grammar of a language by analysing texts or reflecting on native speaker intuitions, experimental linguistics collects systematic behavioural data, often in laboratory settings, to understand how people actually process, produce, and acquire language. The discipline draws on cognitive psychology, neuroscience, computational modelling, and phonetics as well as core linguistic theory, sitting firmly at the intersection of the humanities and the sciences. At University College London, this three-year full-time programme gives you a grounding in the core areas of linguistic theory, including phonology, syntax, s

Where its graduates go

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