Linguistics, the systematic study of human language, lies at the crossroads of the humanities and the social sciences, drawing on a special combination of intuition and rigor that the analysis of language demands.
Linguistics News
Professor Emeritus Wayles Browne Publishes Book
Professor Emeritus Wayles Browne's book, The Cambridge Handbook of Slavic Linguistics, is now available through Cambridge Publishing.
Read morePeter Loewen named dean of Arts and Sciences
Coming from the University of Toronto, where he is the director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Loewen begins his five-year appointment as the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Aug. 1.
Read moreAmerican Sign Language has found a growing home on the Hill
Now offered as a minor, the study of ASL at Cornell came about through years of student advocacy
Read more'I've met a variety of people with a wide range of interests'
Emily Pecsok is an applied mathematics and linguistics major.
Read moreProjects funded by 2024 New Frontier Grants look toward the future
The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) has awarded five New Frontier Grants to cutting edge projects in science, social science and the humanities led by A&S faculty.
Read moreAmerican Sign Language Has Found a Growing Home on the Hill
The ASL Program at Cornell is featured in this article in Cornell's alumni publication, Cornellians.
Read moreHitomi Minamida, Ph.D. ’23, Accepts Assistant Professor Position at Rochester Institute of Technology
Hitomi Minamida, Ph.D. ’23, has accepted an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
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Language & the Law - LING 2223
Discover how language impacts the theory and practice of law. Topics include: origins of legal language, linguistics in the courtroom, plagiarism and language rights. This course also introduces areas of linguistics such as syntax, semantics, pragmatics and sociolinguistics, which explicate a wide range of legal matters where both spoken and written language come to fore.