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.

Linguistics Newsletter

Spring 2024 Newsletter (pdf)

Experimental Sociolinguistics Seminar (LING 491/910)

Are you interested in learning about experimental approaches to sociolinguistic questions?

How do listeners socially evaluate language?

What type of sociolinguistic knowledge do language users have?

Hands-on experience/workshops

Want to learn about experimental approaches to sociolinguistic questions?

We will design and run a novel sociolinguistic experiment as a class.

Experimental Sociolinguistics Seminar (LING 491/910)

Professor Rober Fiorentino with students at poster session

Undergraduate Programs

The Department offers a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of General Studies, and two minors in Linguistics.

Degrees Offered

Graduate Programs

The Department offers a Master of Arts degree and a Ph.D. degree.

Degrees Offered

Certificates

Undergraduate degree options

Graduate level degrees

Latest News

Wed, 09/11/2024

Graduate Student, Morgan Robertson awarded Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)

Morgan Robertson was awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation. Her project is titled "Doctoral Dissertation Research: Clear Speech Productions and Intelligibility Benefit for Native and Non-native Speakers and Listeners."

Wed, 06/12/2024

Kelly Bellmyer, Linguistics Office Manager is awarded the College Staff Excellence Award, "Best of the Bunch"

The Linguistics Department Office Manager, Kelly Bellmyer won the "Best of the Bunch" College Staff Excellence Award in recognition of her service and dedication to the department and to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. ...

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