Linguistics Program

Language is something frequently taken for granted. But where did it come from? How does it develop? How has it changed? How will it continue to evolve? The study of language can reveal much about human society and individuals and how it has developed. 

About Linguistics

Together we focus on the rigorous study of language from the perspectives of several contributing disciplines: the study of a specific language or language group in its contemporary condition or historical development; classical philology; philosophy; psychology and neuroscience; acoustic analysis; and computer science.

As a linguistics student, you will encounter a wide variety of methodologies including careful data collection and classification, rigorous philosophical analysis, sociological surveys, psychological experiments, ethnographic and ethnolinguistic methodologies, and the writing of computer programs to analyze and interpret language data.