General and descriptive linguistics

Study the fundamental questions of what language is, how it relates to other human faculties, and how languages are structured

Hispanic linguistics

Combine solid training in theoretical and descriptive linguistics with the advanced study of various aspects of Spanish

Second language acquisition

Draw on various branches of linguistics as well as cognitive psychology, educational research, sociology, and neurology

Sociolinguistics 

Focus on how social situations affect language and how social meaning is expressed through language

 

Psycholinguistics 

Explore a branch of linguistics and psychology that studies linguistic competence and performance

About Us

We take pride in our collaborative efforts with students, multidisciplinary work with other departments and institutions, and grounded research that reaches beyond the core linguistic areas of phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax. Read more about our department »

 

 

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(December 2009) Zoe Luk, PhD student in Linguistics, published a paper (with Y. Shirai) in Language Learning, entitled "Review article: Is the acquisition order of grammatical morphemes impervious to L1 knowledge? Evidence from the acquisition of plural -s, articles, and possessive ’s."

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