Department of Swedish, Multilingualism, Language Technology, University of Gothenburg

At the Department of Swedish, Multilingualism, Language Technology, students, teachers and researchers study the Swedish language in every conceivable way. We examine how the Swedish is preceieved today, how it has been perceived historically, how it is used in different situations, and how it influences and is influenced by society.

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Study here At the Department of Swedish, Multilingualism, Language Technology, you will find courses in Danish, rhetoric, Swedish, Swedish as a second language and writing. You can also study to become an insightful language consultant, or to become a teacher of Swedish or Swedish as a second language.

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Our research

The research at the department can be divided into five areas that are particularly prominent: grammar; language technology; lexicology, lexicography and phraseology; multilingualism and Swedish as a second language; and text and context.

Our research

Grammar

The field of grammar concerns language as a system. Even though all communication actually takes place in specific contexts,…

Our research

Language technology

The research area of language technology is primarily conducted by the Språkbanken Text research unit. This unit forms part…

Our research

Lexicology, lexicography and phraseology

Lexicological research focuses partly on the individual word, and partly on the structures that are built by individual…

Our research

Multilingualism and Swedish as a second language

Our research

Text and interaction

Doctoral studies

Research studies differ in many ways from regular studies at the university – before you apply, find out what a research programme entails at the Department of Swedish, Multilingualism, Language Technology. We offer doctoral programmes in Scandinavian languages; Language Technology; Multilingualism; and Humanities specialising in Educational Sciences.

Doctoral Studies

Subjects and general syllabus