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General Statement
The Department of Linguistics offers graduate programs leading to the master of arts and doctor of philosophy degrees. Work toward these degrees is divided into the following seven major areas:
- Computational linguistics
- Historical linguistics
- Phonology/phonetics
- Psycholinguistics/neurolinguistics
- Semantics/ pragmatics
- Sociolinguistics
- Syntax
Other areas of concentration are artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and area linguistics (with concentration in African, Germanic, Romance, Semitic, and South, West, or East Asian linguistics, etc.). Work in these areas may be done in conjunction with any of the area specialization.