English Language

About this course

English Language as a degree-level discipline is distinct from literature, though the two are closely related. Where literature focuses on texts and their meanings, English Language turns its attention to the system of language itself: how it is structured grammatically and phonologically, how it varies across regions, social groups, and contexts, how it changes over time, how it is acquired by children and learnt by adults, and how it functions in conversation, media, and professional communication. It is a discipline that gives you rigorous analytical tools for understanding one of the most fundamental aspects of human life. At the University of Northumbria at Newcastle, this three-year full-time programme gives you a thorough grounding in the study of the English language from multiple perspectives. You will explore linguistics at the level of sounds, words, sentences, and discourse,

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 80% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 30% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 25% of graduatescards →
• 15 / 100Welfare and housing associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →

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