Beginners' Modern Greek and Linguistics

About this course

Beginners' Modern Greek and linguistics is a programme that combines language acquisition with the scientific study of language itself, offering an intellectually distinctive path through what might at first seem an unusual pairing. Modern Greek, the language of a nation at the crossroads of European and Mediterranean history, opens access to a rich literary and cultural tradition as well as to a living language spoken across Greece, Cyprus and Greek-speaking communities worldwide. Linguistics, meanwhile, treats language as an object of systematic inquiry, examining how sounds are organised, how meaning is made, how languages change over time and how they shape cognition and social interaction. At the University of Oxford, this four-year full-time programme is designed for students who have not previously studied Modern Greek. It builds your practical language skills to a high level whi

Where its graduates go

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• 40 / 100Natural and social science professionals · 5% of graduatescards →

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