OVERVIEW
Linguistics is devoted to the scientific study of language. The central goal of the discipline is to provide a theoretical account of the human cognitive capacity that underlies language production and comprehension. As one of the world's leading programs, the Linguistics department at USC is at the forefront of scientific progress in the study of language. The Linguistics department conducts research in diverse fields—first and second language acquisition, language processing, morphology, phonetics, phonology, pragmatics, semantics, sociolinguistics, and syntax—in collaboration with diverse programs—Psychology, Philosophy, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Neuroscience.
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NEWS
Congratulations to the Class of 2013!
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FASAL - 3 Conference at USC
March 9-10, 2013Guest Speakers
- Anoop Mahajan (UCLA)
- K.A. Jayaseelan (Hyderabad)
- Tanmoy Bhattacharya (Delhi)
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SCROLL - The Southern California Reports on Life in Linguistics.
The SCROLL is a blog for the USC Department of Linguistics. In the future, look for the SCROLL icon on the side bar of the department website.
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USC Dornsife linguistics professor Khalil Iskarous led a group of students to northern Taiwan this summer to conduct field research on Atayal, an Austronesian language spoken fluently by only a few hundred people today. When languages and cultures die, he said, an important part of our human heritage and culture is lost.
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Congratulations to Roumyana Pancheva and Elsi Kaiser, recipients of the 2012 USC Mellon Mentoring Award.
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Congratulations to Bill Rutherford, recipient of the 2012 Faculty Lifetime Achievemnt Award.
COLLOQUIA
Coming Soon!
- Chair: James Higginbotham
- 3601 Watt Way
- Grace Ford Salvatori 301
- Los Angeles, CA 90089-1693
- Phone: (213) 740 - 2986
- Email: lingdept@usc.edu