The graduates have an excellent command of English and all-round knowledge of the theory and methods of English synchronic and diachronic linguistics. They put their analytical, synthetic and presentation skills to outstanding use in supervision roles and in employment areas focused on language analysis and excellent linguistic skills in communication and document making.

Graduates gain a thorough grounding in speech production and perception, phonological description and current approaches; they develop skills in the acoustic and auditory analysis of speech, and statistical analysis of phonetic data. Given each graduate’s individual professional focus, s/he gains advanced knowledge in interdisciplinary aspects of speech communication.