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

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Undergraduate

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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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Implicit comparison and the typology of superlatives

Natural languages adopt at least four distinct morpho-syntactic strategies in the expression of superlative meaning (see also Bobaljik 2012; Gorshenin 2012; Coppock 2016), including (i) a dedicated morpheme, (ii) a comparative paraphrase, (iii) the use of an intensifier, and (iv) the use of the Positive form.

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CPD courses

News

The Department of Language and Linguistic Science at York ranks highly in the Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2025

Monday 30 September 2024

The Department of Language and Linguistic Science has ranked highly in the Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2025. It placed 5th for the subject of Linguistics, 10th for French and 9th for Iberian Languages. The ranking recognises the quality of our courses, and the experiences and opportunities they provide to our students.

New partnership between the University of York and The Forensic Voice Centre

Thursday 26 September 2024

The University of York and the Forensic Voice Centre are delighted to announce a new partnership to deliver casework-led teaching and supervision to students in the Department of Language and Linguistic Science.

The last Men Standing

Thursday 5 September 2024

Huw Jones, Technical Supervisor in our department, has recently edited a feature length documentary film on the mining community in East Durham.

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