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I am working on a BA in Linguistics an dam considering grad school. I am interested in Romance Languages, historical, socio, and applied linguistics. Also in phonetics, syntax, and semantics. I would prefer a school on the east coast of the US, but I would *consider* going to Canada or outside of North America for the degree.

I do not know all these languages fluently yet, but these are the ones I am interested in: Spanish, Italian, and French.

Any suggestions?

By Priglet (Priglet) on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 04:08 pm: Edit

the *father* of modern linguistics--Noam Chomsky--teaches at MIT...

By Bonafide20 (Bonafide20) on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 10:09 pm: Edit

bump....any other suggestions?

By Soozievt (Soozievt) on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 11:41 pm: Edit

My sister in law got her doctorate in linguistics about five years or so ago at Berkeley. She is now a professor of linguistics (not there though). I think that is one of the better programs in that field.

By Marite (Marite) on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 11:56 pm: Edit

A young man I know was accepted by both Berkeley and UPenn. Although in many ways he preferred Berkeley, in the end he went to UPenn last September because it has a professor whose work was more closely related to his interest.

By Radagasty (Radagasty) on Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 04:26 am: Edit

> the *father* of modern linguistics--
> Noam Chomsky--teaches at MIT...

There are a number of candidates for the title of 'the father of modern linguistics', but consensus generally holds him to be de Saussure rather than Chomsky.

By Carolyn (Carolyn) on Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 10:58 am: Edit

Try this link: http://www.phds.org/rankings/

It has National Research Council rankings on linguistic graduate programs (and programs in other subjects) that you can search based on your specific needs.

By Drusba (Drusba) on Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 11:07 am: Edit

If you want to go west: Monterey Institute of International Studies in Monterey CA.

By Laceyski08 (Laceyski08) on Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 11:54 am: Edit

Hi,
I am also interested in linguistics... can I ask which college you're getting your BA from?
The University of Chicago is supposed to be quite strong in linguistics.

By Bonafide20 (Bonafide20) on Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 02:37 pm: Edit

Thanks everyone. I go to Pitt. Not even absoultely sure if I want to stay here 4 the rest of undergrad...I am trying to study abroad next year so I have two semesters away to think about what I want to do.....

By Radagasty (Radagasty) on Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 08:58 am: Edit

> The University of Chicago is supposed to be quite strong in linguistics.

It's not just a matter of the school being strong in linguistics. Especially at the post-grad level, the areas of linguistics the school is strong in also matters. For instance, MIT has a strong lingustics department, but it is not the place to go for historical and comparative philology.

By Laceyski08 (Laceyski08) on Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 12:35 pm: Edit

Well, I stand corrected then... though I really wasn't implying it's the absolute best place to go to study linguistics. It was just a suggestion Bonafide could use to get started. It's assumed that she will of course research the individual departments in depth.

By Quink (Quink) on Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 09:00 pm: Edit

U MD has a strong linguistics dept. with lots of grant money - building a research center. Great jobs prospects also in the intelligence community if your interests lie in that direction.

By Bonafide20 (Bonafide20) on Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 10:19 pm: Edit

Thanks again!

By Radagasty (Radagasty) on Monday, February 02, 2004 - 12:25 am: Edit

> Well, I stand corrected then...

Please don't stand corrected ;-)

It was not my intention to correct you, merely to add to what you said.

By Laceyski08 (Laceyski08) on Monday, February 02, 2004 - 01:15 am: Edit

Haha, alrighty then :-) Are you studying Linguistics, Radagasty?

By Radagasty (Radagasty) on Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 05:03 am: Edit

Well... I was studying linguistics; I've been graduated now. My specialisation was historical and comparative philology.

I'm about to embark on a PhD in England, in condensed-matter physics. (I took double undergrad degrees BA(linguistics)/BE(electrical engineering) in Australia.) My linguistics lecturer was a little disappointed that I decided to defect to physics, but it was a close thing. I very nearly decided to pursue further studies in linguistics instead.

By Laceyski08 (Laceyski08) on Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 10:49 am: Edit

That's neat. So, you researched a lot of grad schools for linguistics? I suspect I'm going to have a similar problem; I love biology & chemistry, but I'm really interested in linguistics, it will be a tough choice but who knows I may end up in something completely different

By Radagasty (Radagasty) on Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 09:01 am: Edit

Well... I suppose I did quite a lot of research into linguistics grad schools, but I was specifically looking for places to do historical and comparative philology. Harvard was particularly recommended to me by my professor (and MIT as well, though not strong in my field).

Can I ask what you're studying at the moment?

By Laceyski08 (Laceyski08) on Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 02:12 pm: Edit

I see, I'm not in school now. I graduated from high school last June, I'm taking German classes in Austria and doing an independent linguistics study. I'll probably take Intro to Ling at Swarthmore College and a Biology class my first semester. (I'm going to Bryn Mawr College)

By Georgia8384 (Georgia8384) on Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 07:46 pm: Edit

I am interested in linguistic graduate schools, I will be applying next fall. Does anyone who has applyed already know how much the GRE counts toward entrance to a good program.

I have pretty good grades and will have good recommendations. I have not taken the GRE but I know I don't do well on standardized tests. How much do linguistic grad programs weight the GRE. I am specifically looking at NYU, Berkeley, and UNC Chapel Hill. Does anyone know anything about these linguistic programs specifically?