**start dates: 1st october, 1st january, 1st april & 1st july.** an ma by research in applied linguistics enables you to undertake a project led by your own passions and interests, without committing to a full phd. your project will take one year full-time or two years part-time. our staff are members of the language research centre (lrc) and we are especially interested in projects concerning: - computer assisted language learning - cognitive psychology of language - discourse analysis - lexical studies - pragmatics - psycholinguistics - second language acquisition - sociolinguistics - vocabulary learning **visit our website for more information on fees, scholarships, postgraduate loans and other funding options to study at swansea university.**