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The Linguistics Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the oldest and most distinguished departments of linguistics in the United States, attracting graduate students from all over the world. With faculty members covering all major areas of linguistic research, the department offers a large number of undergraduate and graduate courses in linguistics, as well as BA, MA, and PhD degree programs.

Formally established in 1965, the Department of Linguistics quickly became one of the leading linguistics departments in the nation. While its focus was originally on research and the training of graduate students, the Department has also developed an undergraduate program that has attracted some of the best students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Announcements

Application Notice

For questions concerning application materials and procedures, please contact Lynn Stanke by email (stanke at illinois.edu) or telephone (217-333-6269).

In Remembrance of Professor Elmer Antonsen

Dear friends and colleagues,

It is with deep sadness that I report to you that our former head, adjunt faculty, and friend, Prof. Elmer Antosen, passed away on Monday (August 25). Elmer served as head of the Department of Linguistics from 1990 to 1996. Our thoughts are with his wife, Hannelore Antonson, his two children, Ingrid and Paterson, and his entire family.

Elmer was an internationally renowned scholar, a dear friend and colleague to many of us and he served the Department of Linguistics very well as its head and adjunct faculty. We will miss him deeply.

Dr. Abbas Benmamoun, Head of Linguistics

Qualifying Exam Guidelines now available!

Guidelines for the QE are now available with the M.A. in Linguistics requirements.

New Language, Style and Globalization Reading Group (formerly the Language and Society Discussion Group)

Contacts: Young Sun Lee and Erica Britt
Weekly meetings will be held on Thursdays from 1-3pm in FLB 1140.
If you are interested in participating in this reading group this semester, please send an email to lsdreadinggroup@gmail.com and we will add you to this mailing list for upcoming announcements. See the schedule of readings for more details.

Orientation Materials Posted

Orientation materials from the incoming graduate student orientation, Fall 2008, are now available on the Graduate Students page

The Division of English as an International language has merged with the Department of Linguistics. . .

Effective Fall semester 2008, the Division of English as an International Language has merged with the Department of Linguistics. The MATESL program will continue to be offered in its current form through the the Department of Linguistics. Specifically, admission procedures, course requirements, graduation requirements and the degree awarded (MA in Teaching English as a second Language) will all be the same. In addition, students who obtain a MATESL degree and who wish to obtain a doctorate will be able to apply for admission to the PhD program in the Department of Linguistics, which has added a new area of concentration in Second Language Studies. Requirements for this new PhD specialization are available here.

Image courtesy of Kalev Leetaru (2004) as part of the Phantasm Project.

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Recent News and Upcoming Events

Linguistics Seminar Series

Transcending the East-West Divide? Cosmopolitanism in Polish Postwar Cabaret and the Jewish Participation

2nd Informational/Recruitment Meeting for Study Abroad in Barcelona, Spain, Fall Semester 2009 to Spring Semester 2010

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Ukrainian, 1964)