Language and Linguistic Theory

The pathway in Language and Linguistic Theory is designed for students whose love of languages (with a final -s) is less important to them than their love of Language (with a capital L). Such students may have been attracted to linguistics from a variety of fields-a foreign language, English, anthropology, mathematics, computer science, even physics. What unites them is an interest in the common formal and representational system that underlies all human languages.

1. Two foundational courses, consisting of
1. Linguistics 110 or Social Analysis 34.
2. Linguistics 83, Linguistics 88, Freshman Seminar 34x, or Freshman Seminar 39x.
2. Three more advanced courses, chosen from among the following groups
1. Linguistics112a, Linguistics 114, Linguistics 115, and Linguistics 116. -or-
2. Any more advanced course in syntax, morphology, phonetics/phonology or semantics.