Linguistics

Linguistics is the scientific study of language. It is interdisciplinary, overlapping the human sciences (including psychology, neurology, anthropology and sociology), the humanities, and the arts. In other words, you’ll find the study of language reflected in almost everything you do.

Linguists conduct formal and cognitive studies of sound structure, grammar and meaning. They also investigate the history of language families, and research language acquisition. And as other scientists, they formulate hypotheses, make observations, and work to support explanatory theories.

• Discovering Rules in an Extinct Language: Sound Patterns of Osage
• Discovering Rules in an Extinct Language: Sound Patterns of Osage
• Research Seminar in Linguistics and Philosophy: Performative Utterances
• Forms of Address in Linguistics and Literature
• What Is a Theory of Meaning Like?
• Words, Faces and Other Minds
• The Structure of Words: Evidence from Hebrew, Arabic and English
• Intro to Linguistic Theory
• Intro to Phonetics For Linguists
• Intro to Syntax
• Intro to Semantics
• Intro to Computational Linguistics
• People & Their Language
• Language Through Time
• Lang Acquisition & Human Nature
• The Sounds of Englishes
• Language and Cognition
• Indigenous Lang of North America
• Syntax & Dialects
• Field Methods
• Use & Meaning
• Speech Sounds and Structure
• Speech Processing

Requirements

• Common Application
• An academic paper in English
• Supplemental essay responses
• Current transcripts
• School report, including guidance counselor recommendation
• At least one letter of recommendation from a teacher
• Certification of Finances form
• TOEFL or IELTS score (Minimum TOEFL score of 91 or a minimum IELTS score of 6.5. Predicted grades for IB English A1 or A2, or for A-level English, will also be considered.
• Additional letters of recommendation, up to three

Scholarships

• MacArthur Foundation Grant Making Programs
• American Association of University Women
• Fulbright International Scholarship Program for non-US students