Linguistic Studies, BA

Contact

Jaklin Kornfilt
Director, Linguistic Studies
340 H.B. Crouse
315-443-5375.

Faculty

Tej K. Bhatia, Amanda Brown, Richard W. Buttny, Kevan Edwards, Mary Louise Edwards, Gerald R. Greenberg, Diane Grimes, Jaklin Kornfilt, Elizabeth D. Liddy, Amy Lutz, Thomas McKay, Linda Milosky, Amardo Rodriguez, Robert A. Rubinstein, Maria Emma Ticio Quesada, Robert Van Gulick, Susan S. Wadley, Bei Yu

Linguistics is the study of the nature and use of language and provides insight into the workings of the human mind. The major ties together studies in many areas, such as anthropology, child and family studies, computer science, English and other languages, geography, literary criticism, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, sociology, speech communication, speech pathology, and linguistics proper.

LIN 201 is an introduction to linguistic studies and is a prerequisite to the major and to advanced courses. It does not, however, count toward major requirements.

Major Requirements

Linguistic studies majors and prospective majors must consult the director of the program before registration.

Students must fulfill the Liberal Arts Core Language Skills requirement in one language and successfully complete at least 6 credits in an additional language (other than English) that is structurally significantly different from the language used to fulfill the Liberal Arts Core requirement. In addition, students successfully complete LIN 301 - Introductory Linguistic Analysis , LIN 431 - Phonological Analysis , and LIN 441 - Syntactic Analysis . Major requirements also include the successful completion of at least 18 credits of additional work, of which at least 9 credits are in courses numbered 300 or above. The 18 credits must be in approved linguistic studies courses, chosen from at least three of the following groups:

Psychology and Biology of Language

Language in Culture and Society

Logic and Language

History and Structure of Language

Language Pedagogy

LIN 421 - Introduction to Methodology of Teaching Languages: English/Foreign Language Teaching
Advanced Methods of Teaching Languages: English/Foreign Language Teaching