Masters Concentration in Linguistics

Linguistics at UL

As an M.A. student in our Linguistics concentration, you will have the opportunity to study both scientific and humanities-based approaches to language. In addition to your linguistics seminars, you will also take courses in English literature. You may also take a range of courses in pedagogy, theory, folklore, rhetoric and creative writing. Upon completion of coursework, you will take comprehensive exams and write a dissertation based on your research in linguistics studies.

Within our linguistics offerings at UL, you can select from a broad range of courses, including:While studying linguistics at UL-Lafayette, you can select from a broad range of courses, including:

• Semantics
• Sociolinguistics
• Psycholinguistics
• Discourse analysis
• First- and second-language acquisition.

UL’s nationally recognized Computer Science program, the Departments of Psychology, Modern Languages, and Communicative Disorders all offer courses that permit you to pursue a wide variety of interests and applications.

The Lafayette area, with native speakers of Cajun French and varieties of Creole French, provides a rich source of data if you are interested in dialectology, languages in contact, Creole studies, and other sociolinguistic phenomena.