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Program Details
Linguistics is the scientific study of one of the most fundamental aspects of being human: using language to communicate. Linguists explore a range of fascinating ideas, including what it means to know a language, how we process and produce language, language structure, how children acquire language, variation and diversity in languages across the globe, language disorders and delays, and how languages change over time.
At Carleton, students learn to study linguistics from a dedicated faculty with a diverse set of research interests, including theoretical and experimental approaches and methods.
Linguistics can also be taken as a Bachelor of Science degree.
Exceptional Faculty
Carleton is recognized nationally and internationally for its research into both theoretical and applied linguistics. Faculty members carry out research in a variety of areas: syntax, phonology, morphology, semantics, experimental phonetics, psycholinguistics, language acquisition, communication differences and disabilities, language documentation, mapping and revitalization and historical linguistics.
Work Experience
We offer a concentration in Psycholinguistics and Communication Differences. Qualified students in the concentration have the opportunity to take a practicum course that provides clinical experience in speech-language pathology.
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Career Outcomes
Explore your passions, refine new skills and discover the career that’s right for you.
Our students develop skills in analytical and critical thinking, logical reasoning, and written and verbal expression, all of which are necessary in today’s highly competitive job market. Students develop an understanding of the human mind and human relations and learn to apply the results of their studies to real-world issues.
Sample Careers
Sample Courses
LING 1001 - Introduction to Linguistics I
Nature of language and linguistic knowledge. Formal description and analysis of language: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
LING 3505 - Semantics
Study of language meaning. Lexical meaning and meanings of larger linguistic expressions, including nominal units, verbal units, and sentences. Meaning relationships between utterances. Relationship between linguistic meaning (semantics) and contextual meaning (pragmatics). Basic formal treatments of semantics.
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