Linguists uncover the underlying structures of languages to gain insight into human knowledge and behavior.
Discover Linguistics
Through our minor in American Sign Language, students practice and master this visual language to meet their personal, academic and professional goals.
Program Details
We share our research and discoveries in the various subfields of linguistics with communities to drive awareness of social, cultural and educational issues.
Research Fields
Through our teaching and research laboratories, we support the interdisciplinary and interdepartmental work conducted by our faculty and graduate and undergraduate students.
Our Labs
With your honed writing and analytical reasoning skills, you can translate your linguistics degree into a rewarding career in a wide range of fields.
Careers and Internships
Diversity is critical for understanding the human capacity for language and for bringing vital perspectives to scholarly efforts. We are committed to the recruitment and retention of a diverse faculty and student body.
Our CommitmentWe are a welcoming community dedicated to the study of language as a natural phenomenon. We offer rigorous, research-driven undergraduate and graduate degrees that include many opportunities to collaborate directly with faculty. Our department is highly interdisciplinary, and our faculty and students frequently combine their interest in linguistics with complementary areas of study.
