Welcome to the Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Linguistics and Film (SLLF), Queen Mary, University of London

Welcome to the Department of Linguistics

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Language is central to almost all aspects of human life: communicating with each other; thinking and reasoning; creating social relations; passing on the thoughts, ideas and discoveries of the past to future generations. Linguistics is simply the study of language in all of its aspects.

Here at Queen Mary, we focus on both the nature of language (its structure, how it connects to thought, and to sound) and on its use (how it varies from person to person and situation to situation). Each of these different approaches complements the other. The Department is consistently ranked within the top three in the UK for teaching and research. Visit our research page for more details.