Ph.D. Options

The following departments offer Ph.D. options in linguistics or applied linguistics:

• Department of French and Francophone Studies
• Deparment of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
• Department of Applied Linguistics
• Department of Psychology
• Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese

Center for Language Science

The Center for Language Science (CLS) is an interdisciplinary working group of linguists, psycholinguists, applied linguists, and cognitive neuroscientists who share an interest in language acquisition and bilingualism. The CLS meets weekly to discuss research, read papers together, share new methodological developments, and practice giving conference talks. A particular interest is in developing collaborative research projects across the disciplines. For a look at the weekly activities of the CLS, click here.

Graduate Linguistics Minor

The doctoral minor provides interested students with an opportunity to complete a program of scientific study focused on the nature, structure and use of human language. The minor is designed to cover the foundations of linguistics by reviewing fundamental core areas such as phonology, syntax and semantics, and additional areas such as morphology, sociolinguistics, and historical linguistics.

Click here for the doctoral minor form.

Requirements for the minor: 15 credits

Prescribed Courses (6 credits):

• LING 402 (3) = Syntax I
• LING 404 (3) = Phonology I

Additional Courses: 9 credits

Select 9 additional credits from LING offerings (must be at least 500 level)

• LING 500 - Syntax II (3 credits)
  Advanced topics in syntactic analysis and theory.
• LING 502 - Historical Linguistics (3 credits)
  Principles of comparative linguistics; language families; reconstruction of lost languages.
• LING 504 - Phonology II (3 credits)
  Advanced topics in phonological analysis and theory. Prerequisite: Ling. 404 or equivalent.
• LING 520 - Seminar in Psycholinguistics (3 credits)
  Topics to be covered include second language acquisition in children and adults, language comprehension and memory in a second language, code switching and language mixing, the consequences of bilingualism, and the neuropsychology of bilingualism.
• LING 545 - Morphology (3 credits)
  The study of word-formation in the world's languages; investigation of the interaction of phonological, structural, and semantic aspects of the lexicon.
• LING 548 – Sociolinguistics (3 credits)
  Advanced study of the interaction of social and linguistic processes; quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection in the field.
• LING 570 - History of Modern Linguistics (3 credits)
  A historical survey of views on language; examination of linguistic thought in various historical periods.

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