LINGUIST List 26.485
Fri Jan 23 2015
FYI: New MA Program on Multimodal Communication - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Editor for this issue: Uliana Kazagasheva <ulianalinguistlist.org>
Date: 23-Jan-2015
From: Alan Cienki <a.cienki
vu.nl>
Subject: New MA Program on Multimodal Communication - Amsterdam, Netherlands
E-mail this message to a friend New MA program on Multimodal Communication starting in September 2015 at the Vrije Universiteit/VU in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The one-year program, taught entirely in English, welcomes applications from students with a BA in linguistics, English, or language and communication. Core courses in the program concern the study of text and image in business communication, talk as a combination of speech and gesture, metaphor as a tool of persuasion in different modes of communication, and genres as a basic-level category of discourse events.
Upon successful completion of the program, students are awarded an MA in Communication and Information Studies.
Details are available here:
http://www.vu.nl/en/programmes/international-masters/programmes/c-d/communication-information-studies/index.asp Information on fellowships can be found here:
http://vu.nl/en/programmes/international-masters/scholarships-/fellowship/index.asp Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
Subject Language(s):
English (eng)
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