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The Department of Language and Linguistic Science has placed 1st, 4th and 8th in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026 for the subjects of Iberian languages, French and linguistics. The ranking recognises the quality of our courses, and the experiences and opportunities they provide to our students.
Dr Catherine Laing appeared on 'Word of Mouth' to discuss her research into iconicity in early language development.
Academics provided evidence to the parliamentary inquiry on the production of transcripts in the criminal justice system.
National Student Survey shows strengths of English language, Iberian studies and linguistics at York
The results of the 2025 National Student Survey have revealed the strengths of the Department of Language and Linguistic Science in every category.
York is ranked 4th in the UK for French, 5th in the UK for linguistics and 6th in the UK for Iberian languages in the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2026).
One of our final-year undergraduate students, Ariana Dubov, has been awarded a commendation in the Spanish section of the University of Warwick Undergraduate Translation Prize 2025 for her translation of an excerpt from Bibiana Candia's Azucre.Una epopeya.
In October 2021, Géraldine Enjelvin, Yumi Nixon and Ulrike Wray (The Kamishibai (紙芝居) team) recruited their first student volunteers via the University’s Handshake platform and introduced them to Kamishibai via master-classes.
Linguistics at York placed 9th in the UK and 99th in the world according to the latest release of the QS World University Rankings by subject (2025).