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What is Linguistics?

Linguistics is the Science of Language

How does language work? What is its structure, in sentences, words and sounds or signs? How do we learn it? How do we use it to communicate? How does it change over time?

Linguistics is the science of human language. From the individual level to the social, language permeates our experiences and human interactions. Language enables us to communicate with people around us, to listen to our neighbors, and we learn new languages to cross boundaries, to forge new connections both locally and on a global scale.

At Carolina we provide students with the tools to analyze the languages of the world and the languages and dialects spoken in our state. We offer courses in formal grammar, sentence structure, sound patterns and meaning, computational linguistics, language acquisition and sociolinguistics, and more. We offer an Undergraduate Major and Minor, an MA in Linguistics, a Graduate Certificate in Computational Linguistics, and the opportunity for students to pursue a Ph.D. in Hispanic Linguistics in conjunction with Romance Studies.

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Spring 2024 Courses

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We extend a warm welcome to all of our new and returning students in Linguistics!

Welcome Students!

We extend a warm welcome to all of our new and returning students in Linguistics!

Upcoming & Recent Events

March

23

2024 Spring Linguistics Colloquium

9:00am – 5:00pm, TBA – TBA

Featured Alumni

Justin Pinta

MA
2013

Simon Wolf

Linguistics/Dramatic Art BA Double Major with Arabic minor, Linguistics MA
2019

Christina Boyle (Fea)

BA in Linguistics and Communication Studies, Minor in Speech and Hearing Sciences
2016