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Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Topics include: the structure of the world’s languages at the level of sounds (phonetics and phonology), words (morphology), sentences (syntax), and meaning (semantics); how people learn languages (acquisition); how people use two languages (bilingualism); how language is processed and represented in the brain (psycho- and neurolinguistics); how languages change over time (historical linguistics); and how languages vary in relation to region and social identity (dialectology and sociolinguistics). In addition to preparing students for advanced academic work in linguistics and related disciplines (e.g., anthropology, cognitive neuroscience, computer science, philosophy, or psychology), courses in linguistics provide a useful background for many careers, for example, language teaching, translation, child psychology, speech-language pathology, communication, and speech technology.
The Linguistics department offers a minor concentration, a major concentration, an honours program, and a joint honours program with other departments in the Faculty of Arts.
Students who are registering with the Department for the first time must attend the Department orientation meeting before seeing an adviser (www.mcgill.ca/linguistics/undergraduate).
Chair |
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Bernhard Schwarz |
Emeritus Professors |
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C. Douglas Ellis; B.A.(Camb.), B.A.(McG.), M.A.(Tor.), M.A.(Yale), Ph.D.(McG.) |
Myrna Gopnik; M.A., Ph.D.(Penn.) |
Michel Paradis; B.A.(Montr.), M.A., Ph.D.(McG.), Ph.D.(Montr.), F.R.S.C. |
Glyne L. Piggott; B.A.(W.I.), M.A., Ph.D.(Tor.) |
Professors |
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Yosef Grodzinsky; B.Sc.(Hebrew), Ph.D.(Brandeis) (Canada Research Chair) |
Lisa de M. Travis; B.A.(Yale), Ph.D.(MIT) |
Lydia White; M.A.(Camb.), Ph.D.(McG.) (James 91ÉçÇø Professor) |
Associate Professors |
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Charles Boberg; B.A.(Alta.), Ph.D.(Penn.) |
Brendan Gillon; B.A., M.A.(Mich.), M.A.(Tor.), Ph.D.(MIT) |
Heather Goad; B.A.(Br. Col.), M.A., Ph.D.(USC) |
Bernhard Schwarz; M.A.(Tübingen), Ph.D.(Mass.) |
Assistant Professors |
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Luis Alonso-Ovalle; B.A.(Oviedo), M.A., Ph.D.(Mass.) |
Meghan Clayards; B.Sc.(Vic., BC), M.A., Ph.D.(Roch.) |
Junko Shimoyama; B.A., M.A.(Ochanomizu), Ph.D.(Mass.) |
Michael Wagner; M.A.(Humboldt), Ph.D.(MIT) |
Revision, August 2011. Start of revision. This program may be expanded to the Major Concentration Linguistics.
For more information, see Minor Concentration Linguistics (18 credits).
Revision, August 2011. Start of revision.
For more information, see Major Concentration Linguistics (36 credits).
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For more information, see Honours Linguistics (60 credits).
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For more information, see Joint Honours Component Linguistics (36 credits).