Contact
Director
Amanda Brown
323C HB Crouse
abrown08@syr.edu
Undergraduate Advisor
Amanda Brown
323C HB Crouse
abrown08@syr.edu
Faculty
Core LIN faculty: Amanda Brown, Christopher R. Green, Rania Habib, Jaklin Kornfilt, Kenji Oda, Adam Roth Singerman, Maria Emma Ticio Quesada
Select affiliated faculty: Michael Rieppel, Sylvia Sierra, Robert Van Gulick
Program Description
Linguistics is the scientific study of language and is concerned with the following questions (among others): What does knowledge of a language consist in and how is this knowledge acquired and put to use? What are the similarities and differences among languages? How is language represented in the human brain? How does language differ from animal communications systems? How does language function in society? How and why does language change over time? In addition, linguistics is applied in the teaching of languages and in education generally, in computer programming, in advertising, and in many other areas of study and activity in which language plays a central role.
The minor in Linguistic Studies is an 18-credit level program focusing on core courses in Linguistic Studies and related areas.
Requirements
Students must complete 18 credits, 12 of which must be at the 300 level or above.
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| LIN 201 | The Nature and Study of Language | 3 |
| or LIN 202 | Diversity of World Languages |
| LIN 301 | Introductory Linguistic Analysis | 3 |
| LIN 431 | Phonological Analysis | 3 |
| or LIN 441 | Syntactic Analysis |
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| 9 |
| The Nature and Study of Language (if not taken as core) | |
| Diversity of World Languages (if not taken as core) | |
| Indigenous Languages: Their Past, Present, and Future | |
| English Words | |
| Language Universals and Typology | |
| Linguistic Structure of English | |
| Structure of Japanese | |
| Japanese Language in Society | |
| Meaning and Communication | |
| Introduction to Methods and Content Development for Language Teaching: TESOL/TLOTE | |
| Structure of Standard Arabic | |
| Linguistics at Work Practicum | |
| Dimensions of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism | |
| Language Variation and Change | |
| Topics in Sociolinguistics | |
| Forensic Linguistics | |
| Global Communication Through World Englishes | |
| Second Language Acquisition | |
| Field Methods in Linguistics | |
| Semantics of Human Languages | |
| Advanced Methods and Content Development for Language Teaching: TESOL/TLOTE | |
| Phonological Analysis (if not taken as core) | |
| Syntactic Analysis (if not taken as core) | |
| Morphological Analysis | |
| Introduction to Historical Linguistics | |
| Introduction to Cognitive Science | |
| Intercultural Communication | |
| Logic | |
| Spanish Phonetics and Phonology | |
| The Structure of Spanish | |
| Introduction to Spanish Linguistics | |
| Total Credits | 18 |
