Study the building blocks of language and learn how we turn thoughts into words.
If you鈥檝e always loved languages but thought 2, 3, or even 10 weren鈥檛 enough, you can have all of them and more through linguistics, the study of language (singular). You鈥檒l learn how to describe and analyze sound patterns and the forms, functions, and meanings of words, on their own and when combined into phrases and sentences. Through these elements, linguists try to explain what in the human mind lets us not only utter what we think but also understand each other鈥檚 utterances, in our societies and across generations.
Why Study Linguistics?
DEEP ANALYSIS
Explore communications, meaning, and the human mind
Through the study of linguistics, you鈥檒l learn how to describe and analyze sound patterns and the forms, functions, and meanings of words, on their own and combined into phrases and sentences. You鈥檒l explore how the human mind lets us not only utter what we think, but also understand each other鈥檚 utterances, in our societies and across generations.
CAREER PREPARATION
A wide range of study prepares you well for any field
You鈥檒l emerge from the linguistics concentration with knowledge of how we learn to speak a language; how central it is to human culture, behavior, and society; and how we use it for creative expression in writing and other modes of communication. You鈥檒l gain a compact liberal arts education in one field that lets you pursue many things, from graduate study to careers in educ