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Skip to main content Linguistics The University of Chicago search menu Search Search Main navigation Home About Contact Us Support the Department People Faculty and Lecturers Faculty Emeritus Staff Graduate Students Alumni In Memoriam Other Linguists on Campus Graduate Overview Admissions Funding Degree Requirements Teaching Requirements Year-End Assessments Masters of Arts Degree Advising Resources Undergraduate Why Study Linguistics? The Major Program The Minor Program Honors Requirements Sapir Scholars Resources Courses Languages American Sign Language Modern Greek Swahili African Languages News & Events News Events Chicago Linguistic Society Linguistics Colloquia Linguistics Conferences Linguistics Workshops Research Research Groups and Labs The Linguistica Project Image courtesy of Andrew Stutesman Founded in the mid-1930s, the Department of Linguistics at the University of Chicago is the oldest linguistics department in the United States. We are theory-oriented with a deep empirical interest in languages. One of the outstanding characteristics of this department is our commitment to a wide range of approaches to the study of language. Interdisciplinary, interdepartmental study is encouraged, and students regularly work with faculty in several other departments. The faculty are involved in synchronic and diachronic research on languages from around the world. These varied interests are reflected in the range of topics of the dissertations that have been written in the Department. Graduate students are expected to become active researchers as soon as possible after their arrival here. Many students come with strong undergraduate training in linguistics, or with a Master's degree; others come with strong training in fields such as philosophy, mathematics, or a particular language or language group. Upcoming Events Language Variation and Change Workshop January 24, 2020 | 3:30PM Rosenwald 301 Language Evolution, Acquisition and Processing (LEAP) Workshop January 24, 2020 | 11:00AM Cobb 107 Morphology and Syntax January 31, 2020 | 11:30AM Cobb 107 Linguistics Colloquium February 6, 2020 | 3:30PM Saieh Hall, Room 203 Recent News Adam Singerman Receives the Mary R. Haas Award! Karlos Arregi featured in "Vascos por el mundo" Jason Merchant Receives the 2019 Graduate Student Alumni Award from UCSC Launch of the Center for Hellenic Studies by Director Anastasia Giannakidou Linguistics Division of the Humanities 1115 E. 58th Street Rosenwald Hall , Room 203 Chicago, IL 60637 Email the Linguistics Office at linguistics@uchicago.edu Phone 773.702.8522 Facebook Twitter YouTube Quick Links Privacy Notice...