Linguistics Ph.D.

The Linguistics PhD program trains students in the scientific study of the human mental capacity for language. Successful study in this area investigates the syntactic, phonological, and semantic/pragmatic properties of language systems that humans naturally acquire, and asks what kind of underlying mental capacity is implicated by these properties.

The program emphasizes the place of this field of study among the cognitive sciences and provides coursework and individual advising to prepare students to engage with and produce research in the field.