Department of Linguistics

The Department of Linguistics invites you to read our Anti-Racism Statement.
The Linguistics main office will be operating online until further notice. Please contact staff and advisors who are available Monday through Friday 8 AM to 5 PM.

Prospective Students

Explore degree programs and learn how to apply »

Discussion Groups & Labs

Get involved with our labs and research groups »

Congratulations to our Linguistics graduates!

To view a list of our graduating and graduated students who have agreed to appear on our website, please go here. Read more »
UW Linguistics Anti-Racism Statement

We, the UW Linguistics Department, stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), and those who... Read more »
Emily M. Bender interview about AI appears on Inside Science

Emily M. Bender was recently interviewed by Chris Gorski of "Inside Science". The interview, entitled "A Linguistic Lens on Artificial Intelligence"... Read more »
Linguistics Professors and Graduate presented on ethnic/racial discrimination in ASR at the 2020 AAAS

Linguistics Professors Emily M. Bender, Alicia Beckford Wassink, and Gina-Anne Levow, along with Dr. Rachael Tatman, Linguistics PhD graduate,... Read more »
Congratulations to our Linguistics graduates!

To view a list of our graduating and graduated students who have agreed to appear on our website, please go here. Read more »

Events

Welcome

Our department is located within the College of Arts and Sciences, and offers degrees in General and Computational Linguistics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The department's primary interests lie strongly in grammatical theory (syntax, phonology, and semantics), and in phonetics, sociolinguistics, computational linguistics, and second language acquisition theory.