University Catalog 2025-2026

English (MA): Linguistics Concentration

Degree Requirements

Distribution Requirement Courses6
Select six hours of coursework in Literature, Film, or Rhetoric and Composition approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Concentration Requirements24
Linguistics Courses
Select a minimum of five "Linguistics Courses" listed below approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Elective Courses
Select a minimum of three courses from English or complementary fields of study approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Research Course3
Master's Project in English
Total Hours33

Linguistics Courses

Select a minimum of five "Linguistics Courses" approved in conjunction with the academic committee
ENG 523Language Variation Research Seminar3
ENG 524Introduction to Linguistics3
ENG 525Variety In Language3
ENG 527Discourse Analysis3
ENG 528Sociophonetics3
ENG 533Bilingualism and Language Contact3
ENG 534Quantitative Analysis in Sociolinguistics3
ENG 536Research Methods in Phonology3
ENG 584Studies In Linguistics3

Faculty

Professors

  • Christopher M. Anson
  • Barbara A. Bennett
  • Belle McQuaide Boggs
  • Helen Jane Burgess
  • Kirsti Karra Cole
  • Huiling Ding
  • Robin M. Dodsworth
  • Marc K. Dudley
  • Marsha Gabrielle Gordon
  • Jorge Mari
  • Jeffrey Ingle Mielke
  • Jason Miller
  • James S. Mulholland
  • Miriam E. Orr
  • Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi
  • Stacey L. Pigg
  • Jeffrey Leo Reaser
  • David M. Rieder
  • Laura Ruth Severin
  • Jason Swarts
  • Erik R. Thomas
  • Walter A. Wolfram

Associate Professors

  • Zachary Charles Beare
  • Agnes Bolonyai
  • Christopher James Crosbie
  • Casie J. Fedukovich
  • Paul Camm Fyfe
  • Andrew Robert Johnston
  • Jennifer Anne Nolan
  • Margaret Simon
  • Timothy Linwood Stinson
  • Douglas M. Walls
  • Rebecca Ann Walsh

Assistant Professors

  • Diamond Forde
  • Chris Lindgren
  • Michelle McMullin
  • LaTanya Denise McQueen
  • Yasheng She
  • Carter Sickels
  • John Paul Stadler
  • Anu Thapa

Teaching Associate Professor

  • James Robert Knowles

Teaching Assistant Professor

  • Anna Marie Gibson-Knowles