Masters degrees in Linguistics: A program that focuses on language, language development, and relationships among languages and language groups from a humanistic and/or scientific perspective. Includes instruction in subjects such as psycholinguistics, behavioral linguistics, language acquisition, sociolinguistics, mathematical and computational linguistics, grammatical theory and theoretical linguistics, philosophical linguistics, philology and historical linguistics, comparative linguistics, phonetics, phonemics, dialectology, semantics, functional grammar and linguistics, language typology, lexicography, morphology and syntax, orthography, stylistics, structuralism, rhetoric, and applications to artificial intelligence.
Brigham Young University
Masters degree
Linguistics (MA) | Brigham Young University |
The purpose of the linguistics MA program is closely related to the department’s definition of linguistics, which is the scientific study of language. The program aims to prepare the student to become a linguistic specialist in government, enterprise, or educational settings, or to enter a PhD program for more advanced training. The linguistics curriculum develops such skills as analyzing language in its phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics.... |
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