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Department of Linguistics
9203 Robert C. Brown Hall, 778.782.4725 Tel, 778.782.5659 Fax,
Chair
T.A. Perry BA (Wabash), MA, PhD (Indiana)
Graduate Program Chair
N. Hedberg BA, PhD (Minn)
Faculty and Areas of Research
See “Department of Linguistics” on page 123 for a complete list of faculty.
J. Alderete – phonology, morphology, and their interaction, computational learning algorithms, optimality theory and Athapaskan linguistics
E.J. Fee – first language acquisition, atypical language acquisition, clinical phonetics
D.B. Gerdts – syntax
C-H. Han – syntax, semantics, computational linguistics
N. Hedberg – syntax, semantics, pragmatics, cognitive science
T. Heift – computer assisted language learning, applied linguistics, and computational linguistics
S.K. Hilgendorf – sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, foreign language pedagogy, second language acquisition
P. McFetridge – computational linguistics
Z. McRobbie – experimental phonetics, phonology, Finno-Ugric linguistics, sociolinguistics
J.D. Mellow – second language acquisition and teaching, First Nations languages
M. Munro – applied linguistics, experimental phonetics, second language acquisition
P. Pappas – modern Greek, medieval Greek, language variation and change, contact linguistics, Indo-European linguistics, Balkan linguistics.
F.J. Pelletier* – formal semantics of natural language, philosophy of language and logic, computational semantics
T.A. Perry – phonology, German linguistics, linguistic theory
J.M. Sosa – Hispanic linguistics, dialectology, language methodology, Caribbean area sociolinguistics
M. Taboada – discourse, pragmatics, computational linguistics, systemic functional linguistics
Y. Wang – experimental phonetics, neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, second language acquisition, cognitive science
Adjunct Faculty
F.J. Newmeyer – syntactic theory, structure of English, history of linguistics
K. Shahin – phonetics and phonology, phonological acquisition, First Nations languages, Arabic
Associate Members
For areas of research, refer to the department listed.
M. Boelscher Ignace, First Nations Studies Program, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
F. Popowich, School of Computing Science
*emeritus
The program offers graduate work leading to the degrees of MA and PhD in linguistics.
Applicants are considered by how their proposed programs of study coincide with the research and teaching interests of the department. Where a student’s interests span more than one field of study, a program of course work and supervised research in more than one field may be arranged. Individual programs may also be set up in co-operation with other departments under the special arrangements provisions of “1.3.4 Admission to a Doctoral Program” on page 220 of the Graduate General Regulations.
Although University regulations allow a five year time limit for MA degree completion and eight years for the PhD, (including the MA degree work), an MA student is normally expected to complete the degree in two years and a PhD student in three years after the MA. See “Graduate General Regulations” on page 219.
Admission Requirements
Students must demonstrate adequate linguistics preparation. Those with little or no academic linguistics preparation may not obtain clear program admission or admission as a qualifying student. See “1.3.5 Admission Under Special Arrangements” on page 220 and “1.3.4 Admission to a Doctoral Program” on page 220 in the Graduate General Regulations for general admission requirements.
Areas of Specialization
Linguistic theory, phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse-pragmatics, computational linguistics, Amerindian linguistics, historical and comparative linguistics, linguistics history, sociolinguistics, second language learning.
Credit and Research Requirements
Course Work
Students complete at least 20 units of graduate course work in Linguistics, including LING 800, 801 and 851.
Thesis
All students must complete an MA thesis based on original research, and must comply with University regulations on completing and defending the thesis.
Language Requirements
Candidates must show a high competence in at least one language other than English.
Admission Requirements
Students must demonstrate a substantial background in linguistics and research methodology. Direct PhD program admission without an MA in linguistics, or equivalent is normally not possible. For general admission requirements, see “1.3 Admission” on page 219 of the Graduate General Regulations.
Areas of Specialization
Linguistic theory, phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse-pragmatics, computational linguistics, Amerindian linguistics, historical and comparative linguistics, history of linguistics, sociolinguistics, second language learning.
Credit and Research Requirements
These requirements are beyond those of the MA requirements. Students may need to complete specified courses from the MA program requirements as a condition of admission to the PhD program.
Course Work
Students complete at least 16 linguistics units (four courses), approved by the supervisory committee. Only one course may be a directed research course.
Thesis Proposal
Candidates submit a written thesis proposal to the supervisory committee which defines the intended original research and the relationship between it and existing scholarship. After submission, the student presents the proposal at a departmental colloquium no later than the end of the ninth residence term. The written proposal must be approved by the supervisory committee prior to the start of substantive research.
PhD Thesis
The thesis is completed according to regulations.
Language Requirements
Candidates must show high competence in two languages other than English, with some knowledge of the structure of at least one non-Indo-European language. The supervisory committee determines how to demonstrate this competence.
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