The study of linguistic cognition takes you into the heart of the mind. Cognitive linguists examine the language that we use to tell stories, describe feelings and sensory experiences, collaborate ...

An international team proposes replacing Hockett’s feature checklist with a model of language as a dynamic, multimodal, and socially evolving system.

Dependency linguistics examines the relationships between words in a sentence, focussing on how syntactic structure is determined by directed links—dependencies—between a head and its dependents. This ...

Philosophy of language and linguistic theory examine the intricate relationship between language, meaning and the mind. This interdisciplinary field interrogates the ways in which words and ...

Our M.A. is a flexible program of study that provides training in linguistics and/or cognitive science. Students may propose a customized program of advanced study that combines elements from either ...

My empirical research on linguistic practice in India has been foundational to a series of articles coauthored with Mary Bucholtz that interrogate the relationship between language and identity. Our ...

Spoiler Warning: If you haven't seen Arrival and plan to soon, you might want to save this article for after. The most exciting thing about Denis Villeneuve’s new sci-fi space-encounter movie isn’t ...

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Do you have students who aspire to become Speech and Language Therapists; who have applied to Speech and Language Therapy and not received an offer; or who have been rejected by Speech and Language ...