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University of the Witwatersrand

Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics

The Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics in Language and Culture Studies is offered by University of the Witwatersrand.

Program Length: 3 YEARS.

Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics offered by the University of the Witwatersrand

If you are interested in understanding why we speak and write the way we do, what identities we portray by the way we speak and write or how we learn languages, then you should major in linguistics.

Linguistics differs from the study of a specific language in that it provides terminology and techniques for understanding the structure of any language. It is the scientific study of Language.

Through linguistic analysis we explore identity construction, social and cultural organisation, variation and change, multilingualism, institutions and power, as well as language patterns in texts and discourses.

Knowledge of linguistics is central to the study of languages and is a valuable adjunct to studies in anthropology, education, philosophy, sociology, psychology, law, translation studies and computer science.