Linguistic structures and syntax form the cornerstone of our understanding of human language, delineating the formal rules that govern sentence formation and meaning. This area of research ...

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 ...

Jeff Good can speak to media about a variety of topics relating to language, its evolution and its use in daily life. Among other topics, he is an expert on the study of word and sentence structure ...

People don’t always say what they mean or mean what they say. Imagine the problem this poses for Siri, Alexa, or Google Assistant when you ask them to “play great new music.” Decoding these mysteries ...

Syntactic researchers in the Department ask how syntactic patterns are shaped by and shape communicative practice, focusing on construction-based grammatical explanation, the origins of grammatical ...

A degree in linguistics looks at language and how it is used around the world. Graduates leave their degree with the ability to find patterns and analyse the affect that language has when it is spoken ...

Syntax can be defined as the study of how words are combined into sentences and how sentences are linked to each other, giving shape to what is known as sentence structure. Generally speaking, words ...