Language and Linguistic Science

A dynamic and innovative department, our expertise spans the arts and sciences. We offer an exciting range of courses combining modern foreign languages, English language, and linguistics. Find out more about our department.

The Research Excellence Framework 2021

We’re ranked 1st in the UK for the quality of our research - according to the Times Higher Education’s ranking of the latest REF results (2021). Also, 100% of our research impact was rated 4* - REF’s highest rating.

Learn more about the 2021 REF results

Undergraduate

Languages at York courses

Equality and Diversity

We hold an Athena SWAN Bronze Award in recognition of our commitment to gender equality.

Events

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May

The waitress that the customer served: Disentangling two accounts of verb processing when nouns have unexpected thematic roles

The N400 brain potential is usually large at unexpected words in a sentence. The N400 semantic illusion arises in sentences such as “the waitress that the customer served”, where the N400 at “served” is small despite it being unexpected that a customer would serve a waitress.

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Postgraduate

CPD courses

News

Linguistics at York placed 9th in the UK and 99th in the world

Friday 14 March 2025

Linguistics at York placed 9th in the UK and 99th in the world according to the latest release of the QS World University Rankings by subject (2025).

Kamishibai (紙芝居), sign language (手話 ), origami (折り紙) and … a very warm and heartfelt welcome from St Lawrence’s CE Primary School

Friday 14 March 2025

Following the storytelling & origami session Ulrike Wray, Yumi Nixon and Géraldine Enjelvin successfully ran for York Cares in November 2024, the charity contacted them again.

Update: The Last Men Standing

Thursday 28 November 2024

The Last Men Standing, a feature-length documentary edited by Huw Jones, has won the awards for Best North East Film and Audience Award - Feature Film

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Language and Linguistic Science

The Research Excellence Framework 2021