Phonetics and Phonology

Overview

The Master in Linguistics in Phonetics and Phonology from University of Paris targets students planning to do research in linguistics or planning to pursue a language-related profession, with special interest in phonetics and phonology and offers advanced theoretical and experimental training, including the analysis of speech acoustics, articulation, and perception, thus also leading to more applied fields. 

What you'll study

Courses are taught in the Linguistics Department on the Campus Grands Moulins, and on the campus of the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3. This is a joint training program offered through a formal agreement between the two institutions.

This is a two-year program (two semesters per year), including courses in general linguistics and courses specialized in phonetics and phonology. All classes are “English-friendly”, and involve readings primarily in English. Writing in English is possible and encouraged.

Two research papers are required: a shorter one at the end of the first year, and a longer one, which will be defended at the end of the second year. A research internship is mandatory.

Skills and competencies developed

• Developing synthetic and analytical skills (describing and explaining linguistic processes);
• Formulating original research questions;
• Formulating research hypotheses in relation to theoretical frameworks and designing rigorous experimental methods to test the hypotheses;
• Learning to do quantitative and qualitative analyses of production and perception data collected in the laboratory or in the field.