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Departmental Information
Program Director
Alan Timberlake
714 Hamilton
(212)
854-5339
at2205@columbia.edu
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Akeel Bilgrami (Philosophy)
Patricia Daley (English and Comparative Literature)
Eleanor Dickey (Classics)
Aili Flint (Finnish, Germanic Languages)
Haim Gaifman (Philosophy)
Boris Gasparov (Slavic Languages)
Paul Kockelman (Anthropology, Barnard)
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Kathleen McKeown (Computer Science)
Robert Remez (Psychology, Barnard)
Carol Rounds (Hungarian, Italian)
Richard Sacks (English and Comparative Literature)
Ann Senghas (Psychology, Barnard)
Alan Timberlake (Slavic Languages)
Harrison White (Sociology)
David Yerkes (English and Comparative Literature)
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Language is central to all human mental activity and communication. Linguistics
investigates language as an autonomous part of human endeavors through the scientific
study of the properties of language: language as a self-contained system
(sounds, words, grammar); language as a part of culture and society; and language
as a mental and neurological operation of individual people.
The special concentration in linguistics acquaints students with the theoretical
ideas, conceptual apparatus, and research techniques involved in the study of language.
The study of linguistics provides an intellectual context for students who
enjoy learning languages and who are fascinated by the diversity of language. In
addition, linguistics intersects with a wide range of academic disciplines whose
subject matter involves language. The special concentration in linguistics is therefore
valuable for students whose primary study is in fields such as philosophy,
anthropology, sociology, political science, psychology, computer science, classical
philology, and national literatures.
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