Learning Goals for Linguistics
Majors and Minors
Students will reason about language; identify how incorrect or irrational assumptions and prejudices distort understanding of language; demonstrate knowledge about language in the world, including a sophisticated understanding of linguistic and cultural variation; and evaluate popular views on the nature of human languages and their speakers.
Majors and minors will also demonstrate technical mastery over the tools of linguistic analysis in syntax, phonology, and semantics and apply linguistic theory in these areas. They will investigate linguistic data and analyze it; demonstrate strong problem-solving skills; extend their understanding of theoretical linguistics into other domains of linguistic research; apply the techniques of linguistics that they have learned in the core courses to new topics; and access current research in the field. Some students will investigate language in a broader context, where it can be systematically and rationally explored using their sophisticated understanding of how language works.
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