Linguistics

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The M.A. / Ph.D. Program in Linguistics offers advanced study in Linguistics for a career in teaching and scientific research on diverse aspects of human language. Students have the opportunity to study a variety of topics combining current theoretical approaches with experimental and applied research. The Program maintains laboratories for research in Second Language Acquisition and Psycholinguistics, and trains students to conduct research in sociolinguistics and computational linguistics. The Program also offers, at the M.A. level, a degree in general Linguistics, and a concentration in Computational Linguistics.

Specializations

The Program offers specializations in First (FLA) and Second Language Acquisition (SLA). In addition to the scientific study of language acquisition, the program provides students with explicit preparation for careers in academic programs designed for language educators. It offers a specialization in sentence processing and psycholinguistics. Computational Linguistics, another area within the program, is the application of linguistics to the use of computers in machine translation, human-machine communication, and other areas where linguistics and computer science overlap. The program offers training in sociolinguistics, the study of interaction of society and language, including Spanish in New York City, and other topics in the linguistic realities of urban centers. Many of the above specializations are strongly related to the interdisciplinary area of cognitive science, represented by an interdisciplinary concentration at the Graduate Center.