Others have gone on to do research both at Sussex and at other universities. Timetable For the MA, where most students are self-financing and over the age of 25, we take special care to schedule classes to take account of students' work, family and travel obligations. The programme may be taken full time or part time. Supervised work for the MA dissertation. Emphasis is placed on using the theories, methods and techniques from each of these sub-disciplines to examine real language data.
Students carry out practical analysis of spoken and written texts.
The course focuses on theories and methods for the analysis of language and social context. Many language issues are of social, educational and political importance. The course aims to offer you the theoretical background to approach these issues reflectively. The course also introduces some key ideas in the sociology and social psychology of linguistic variation, including the relation between linguistic categories and social ones such as class and gender. Other topics may include bilingualism, neurolinguistics and aphasiology.