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Departmental Secretary: Iretha S. Phillips, Cl 304, 702-8522
Prior to registration and before meeting with their College adviser,
linguistics concentrators should consult the departmental undergraduate adviser.
Summary of Requirements
General French 101-102-103-201, or
Education German 101-102-103-201, or
Concentration 3 Ling 201-202-203 (introductory courses)
4 core courses from Ling 204-205, 206, 208, 209, 210
2-3 courses in French, German, or Russian
beyond the Common Core language
requirement
3 courses in a non-Indo-European
language
12-13 (total)
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Honors. Fourth-year students who have maintained a 3.0 grade point average
may consult the departmental undergraduate adviser about submitting an essay by
the middle of their senior year to qualify for honors.
Joint Degree Program. The core curriculum for the B.A. closely follows the
basic program for the M.A. degree in the Department of Linguistics. Students
who have demonstrated a high ability in linguistics may apply for a joint
B.A./M.A. They should consult with the dean of students of the Division of the
Humanities (Wb 105) no later than April 1 of their third year. To be considered
for admission to the program, the student must have maintained a 3.5 grade
point average in Linguistics 201, 202, and 203 and the linguistics core courses
(at least two of which must be completed before petitioning for admission).
Joint degree program students take all the remaining linguistics core courses.
Their knowledge of the core courses' content is tested in the qualifying
examination given late in the spring quarter. The remaining additional
requirement is the M.A. essay. In order for the M.A. essay to be completed by
the end of the fourth year, the following schedule must be met: (1) the two
faculty members supervising the essay must have approved the research topic,
plan, and reading list by the end of the autumn quarter; (2) the supervisors
must confirm completion of the research by the end of winter quarter; and (3)
the essay must be completed by the fifth week of the spring quarter.
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The joint degree program reflects a history of substantial undergraduate
participation in the affairs of the graduate Department of Linguistics.
Qualified students are encouraged to register for advanced courses.
KALI CHARAN BAHL, Associate Professor, Departments of Linguistics and South
Asian Languages & Civilizations
MIGUEL CIVIL, Professor, Departments of Linguistics and Near Eastern Languages
& Civilizations and Oriental Institute
AMY DAHLSTROM, Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics
BILL J. DARDEN, Professor, Departments of Linguistics and Slavic Languages
& Literatures
PETER F. DEMBOWSKI, Distinguished Service Professor, Departments of Linguistics
and Romance Languages & Literatures, Committee on Medieval Studies, and the
College
PAUL FRIEDRICH, Professor, Departments of Anthropology and Linguistics and
Committee on Social Thought
JOHN GOLDSMITH, Professor, Department of Linguistics; Chairman, Department of
Linguistics
GENE B. GRAGG, Professor, Departments of Linguistics and Near Eastern Languages
& Civilizations and Oriental Institute
WILLIAM F. HANKS, Associate Professor, Departments of Anthropology and
Linguistics and the College
RICHARD D. JANDA, Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics
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KOSTAS KAZAZIS, Professor, Department of Linguistics and the College
CAROLYN G. KILLEAN, Associate Professor, Departments of Linguistics and Near
Eastern Languages & Civilizations
KAREN LANDAHL, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics
COLIN P. MASICA, Associate Professor, Departments of Linguistics and South
Asian Languages & Civilizations
JAMES D. MCCAWLEY, Andrew MacLeish Distinguished Service Professor, Departments
of East Asian Languages & Civilizations and Linguistics
DAVID MCNEILL, Professor, Departments of Linguistics and Psychology (Cognition
& Communication and Developmental Psychology) and the College
SALIKOKO S. MUFWENE, Professor, Department of Linguistics
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Linguistics
Undergraduate Adviser: Gene B. Gragg, Or 316, 702-9511
Program of Study
The purpose of the Bachelor of Arts program with concentration in linguistics
is to provide a solid, integrated introduction to the core subdisciplines of
linguistics, as well as a language background sufficient to provide a database
for the theoretical parts of the program. This introduction provides students
with a general orientation and overview of the field and prepares them for
productive advanced study in linguistics.
Program Requirements
The B.A. degree requirements in linguistics are (1) Linguistics 201-202-203
(usually taken during the second year), (2) four of the six other linguistics
core courses (usually divided between the third and fourth years), (3) six
courses in either French, German, or Russian, and (4) three additional language
courses in a non-Indo-European language, an Indic language, or Hittite. The
linguistics core courses are: Introduction to Linguistics (Linguistics
201-202-203), which is the prerequisite for the other six core courses; Syntax
I, II (Linguistics 204-205); Phonetics (Linguistics 206); Phonology I and II
(Linguistics 208 and 209); and Morphology and Syntax (Linguistics 210).
Linguistics students often take additional linguistics courses as electives or
courses in overlapping fields, such as anthropology, information science,
philosophy, or sociology.
Russian 101-102-103, or equivalent
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Faculty
HOWARD I. ARONSON, Professor, Departments of Linguistics and Slavic Languages
& Literatures; Chairman, Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
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