Master of Arts specialisation in Linguistics

Our capacity for language sets us apart from other species, and is an important part of our national and ethnic identities.
Linguistics explores how we combine words into phrases and sentences, how we convey social information and social goals, how language changes, how children learn language, and even how we understand what is meant but has not been said.
Linguistics at the University of Auckland was ranked 56th in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021.

Postgraduate study in Linguistics
You can undertake advanced study of language structure and use.
Topics include:
- Formal and functional syntax
- Phonology
- Historical linguistics
- Language contact
- Semantics
- Pragmatics
- Sociolinguistics

Linguistics can prepare you for a career in language education, speech and language therapy, journalism, lexicography, advertising, marketing, computational linguistics, machine translation, speech synthesis and recognition and forensic linguistics.

Master of Arts in Linguistics
120-point (one-year) MA
A BA(Hons) or PGDipArts in Linguistics with a Grade Point Average of 5.0 or higher.
The following subjects may also be considered for entry: Anthropology, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Education, Languages, Māori Studies, Pacific Studies, Philosophy, Psychology.

180-point (18-month) MA
A BA with a major in Linguistics. You must have a Grade Point Average of 5.0 or higher in 75 points above Stage II including at least 45 points in the major.
The following subjects may also be considered for entry: Anthropology, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Education, Languages, Māori Studies, Pacific Studies, Philosophy, Psychology.