Linguistics Dissertation Topic ideas

Example Linguistics Dissertation Topic 1:

The sensitivity of the distinction between English restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses for Chinese L2 learners

Topic Description :Nowadays learning a second language has become a common scenario among people as it opens up a variety of opportunities for them in terms of career, education and travel.

Example Linguistics Dissertation Topic 2:

An assessment of standardized and spontaneous language measures in late talkers

Topic Description :Clinicians and researchers are always in search of measures for the late talkers.

Example Linguistics Dissertation Topic 3:

The perception of phonological variation in the York vowel system

Topic Description :The English spoken in the New York is a regional dialect of American English which is widely known for its pronunciation system.

Example Linguistics Dissertation Topic 4:

Gender in the community of practice 'University Caving Club': Phonological variation

Topic Description :London is a city where students from diverse cultural, social and geographic backgrounds come to study.

Example Linguistics Dissertation Topic 5:

The inter-relation between Cornish identity and Cornish dialect: A case study of two Cornish octogenarians and two Cornish twenty-year-olds

Topic Description :Anglo-Cornish declined during the late 18th century due to the gaining popularity of the English language in Cornwall until 1904, when the book ‘Handbook of the Cornish Language’ was published. 

Example Linguistics Dissertation Topic 6:

The use of metaphor as a motivator for change: Differences in Obama's rhetoric between the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections

Topic Description :Barack Obama is known for his persuasive speeches like “Yes We Can” and “A More Perfect Union”.

Example Linguistics Dissertation Topic 7:

Changing linguistics and dialectic tones: A comparative case study

Topic Description :Living languages are never constant.

Example Linguistics Dissertation Topic 8:

A Case Study of Language Planning in Jordan

Topic Description :This case study explores the language planning policies in Jordan. 

Example Linguistics Dissertation Topic 9:

A Sociophonetic Investigation of Unstressed Vowel Raising in the Spanish of a Rural Mexican Community

Topic Description :The objective of the study is to investigate about the variable vowel raising in Spanish spoken in rural Mexican communities.

Example Linguistics Dissertation Topic 10:

Agreement on the Left Edge: The syntax of dislocation in Spanish

Topic Description :‘Left-dislocation and ‘Topicalization’ are English language constructs that are often used to refer similar Topicalization in Spanish.