MASTER IN LINGUISTICS – THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL LINGUISTICS AND PHONETICS (TELPh)

Linguistics aims to identify the common properties of languages by studying their formal features, their history, their diversity, the way they are learned, and the pathologies that can affect them. The Master’s degree in Language Sciences – “Grands Moulins” Campus offers a training program in Theoretical and experimental linguistics and phonetics (TELPh) that is especially oriented towards research, theorization and experimental analysis of linguistic phenomena. In addition to providing comprehensive training in the different fields of linguistics, this program offers a thorough introduction to the different experimental methods used to describe linguistic phenomena and a critical discussion of the different linguistic theories adopted in modern linguistics to explain such phenomena. Experimental work is carried out in one of the department’s laboratories.

The program combines coursework and research. Two research papers will be written: a short one in the first year and a longer one with a public defense at the end of the second year. That allows students to gain expertise in specific subdisciplines, and prepares them for diverse professional fields: research in linguistics, language teaching, professions involving language and speech (e.g., speech therapy), communication-related professions, language policy (e.g. regional languages and accents, language contact, multilingualism, European integration, etc.), software engineering, linguistic engineering, and professions involving the acoustic analysis of speech and signal processing techniques adapted for speech recognition. A research internship is possible, though not mandatory, for 1st year students.

• Developing synthetic and analytical skills (describing and explaining linguistic processes)
• Ability to conduct original and well supported research on how languages function: students will learn
• How to start from a research hypothesis within a precise theoretical framework;
• How to collect the necessary data (corpus research, psycholinguistic experiments, field work);
• and how to perform the quantitative and qualitative analyses based on the data collected.