More people speak German as their native language than any other in Europe, and it is the third most popular foreign language studied worldwide.

This programme offers you the opportunity to study German in its cultural context while exploring how language works.

German and Linguistics make an excellent joint honours choice by combining the study of:

a modern language in its cultural context
the expression and creation of meaning
Linguistics courses of particular relevance to language students cover:

the speech sounds of the world's languages
variation in the languages of the world
the structure and history of world languages