
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 two minors in Linguistics.
Graduate Programs
The Department offers a Master of Arts degree and a Ph.D. degree.Linguistics Stats
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Certificates
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Undergraduate degree options
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Graduate level degrees
Latest News
Fri, 06/06/2025
Natalia Lopez-Rios, an undergraduate major, has won an Undergraduate Research Award (https://curf.ku.edu/undergraduate-research-awards) for Summer, 2025. She is working on a project regarding how preschool children speaking both English and Spanish may comprehend meaning of sentences with a quantifier, under my supervision. She will also write a thesis based on this...
Thu, 05/22/2025
Linguistics Ph.D. graduate student, Peace Benson was on a podcast to talk about her research with Dza. To listen to the postcast, it can be found on Spotify. ...