Linguistics
Language is a window into the mind. Linguistics provides an understanding of the human capacity to acquire, perceive, and produce language and of language's role in contemporary society.
Undergraduate Programs
The Department offers a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of General Studies, and a minor in General Studies in Linguistics.
Graduate Programs
The Department offers a Master of Arts degree and a Ph.D. degree.Linguistics Stats
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Congratulations! Margot Cobat successfully defended her MA research project on December 11th, 2025. The topic of her research was “When ‘and’ and ‘but’ aren’t enough: How L1 English Learners Interpret the Russian conjunctions ‘i’, ‘a’, and ‘no’.” Margot’s advisor is Dr. Alison Gabriele and Drs. Andrew McKenzie and Steve...
Congratulations! Ph.D. student Xuan Wang was awarded a dissertation grant from the journal Language Learning for his project "Examining the role of individual differences and syntactic constraints in the processing of reflexives in L1 and L2 English: An ERP investigation." Xuan is working with Robert Fiorentino and Alison Gabriele. ...
