语言学文学士

西北语言学系成立于1965年，是跨学科委员会的努力，该委员会的成员包括非洲研究，人类学，德语，工业工程，心理学和西班牙语。自成立以来，它一直强调针对语言的认知和社会方面的综合方法。同样，它有着将形式分析与创新的实证研究相结合的悠久传统。该系现在提供一个本科专业，一个硕士学位和一个博士学位。学位。它的独特优势包括实验室语音学，语法，语义学，语用学和心理语言学。与许多其他系的积极合作为学生提供了语音科学，认知科学和复杂系统方面的广泛跨学科机会。
Linguistics is the scientific study of language and its structure, including the study of language patterns, rules of sentence structure, speech sounds and transmission, how we hear words, and the different interpretations of the meanings we attach to those words. It describes how different languages build sounds and words and sentences.Language is a complex, species-specific system made up of several components (sound, sentence structure, and meaning). The study of linguistics gives us a unique window on the structure of the human mind and the mind's activity. Further, there are many real world applications of linguistics (e.g., natural language technologies). Additional information can be found at the Linguistic Society of America.<br><br>Undergraduate students can major or minor in linguistics. At all levels, students are encouraged to pursue integrative research which crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries, and to take advantage of insights and methods both from within linguistics and from related fields.