undergraduate concentration in linguistics

What is it that you know when you know how to speak a language like English? What is it that you do when you articulate the words of your language? What do you hear when you hear sounds "as language"? What kind of organization do you employ when you speak in "complete sentences"? Linguistics explores possible answers to these and many other questions about human language. The linguistics concentration offers a thorough grounding in contemporary linguistic description and theory.

Requirements

The undergraduate concentration in linguistics is for English majors. It consists of 12 credits, distributed as follows:

• Three credits in general linguistics (ling 326)
• Nine credits from any of the following: (note: students can take the 500-level course as an undergraduate with permission. fill out a Graduate Course for Undergraduate Credit form)
  • English Grammar (ling 322)
  • Generative Phonology (ling 490)
  • Semantics and Pragmatics (ling 485)
  • Syntax (ling 486)
  • Applied Linguistics: Teaching English as a Second Language (ling 521)
  • Descriptive Aspects of English Phonetics and Phonology (ling 523)
  • Psycholinguistics (ling 581)
  • Second Language Acquisition (ling 582)

Appropriate special topics courses approved in writing by concentration advisors may also be included.

For more information, contact the linguistics coordinator, Steven Weinberger (weinberg@gmu.edu), 993-1188.