Linguistic Studies Minor

Jaklin Kornfilt
340 HB Crouse
315-443-5375

Faculty

Tej K. Bhatia, Amanda Brown, Richard W. Buttny, Christopher R. Green, Gerald R. Greenberg, Rania Habib, Jaklin Kornfilt, Amy Lutz, Jonathan Preston, Kenji Oda, Michael Rieppel, Amardo Rodriguez, Robert A. Rubinstein, Maria Emma Ticio Quesada, Robert Van Gulick

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.

LIN 301 - Introductory Linguistic Analysis and LIN 441 - Syntactic Analysis are required. Of the remaining 12 credits, 6 must be in courses numbered at the 300 level or above. Students choose four courses from those listed below.