The Carleton Linguistics Department
Linguistics is the study of the remarkable human capacity to learn and use natural languages. Prominent questions include the nature of the systems of mental representation (both abstractly and neurologically characterized), how these representations arise, how they change, how they are written, and how languages are put to use in social and literary contexts.
Carleton Linguistics represents at the 14th International Symposium for Malay/Indonesian Linguistics, at the University of Minnesota in May, 2010. Clockwise from center: Dan Ehrenberg (Math/CS, '11), Kellianne Bennett (Linguistics, '12), Jennifer Krafft (Japanese Linguistics, '10), Sara Cantor (Linguistics, '11), and Mikaela Van Sistine (Linguistics, '10).
Linguistics and its Study at Carleton
An overview of the field of linguistics as it is studied at Carleton.People
TAs, faculty, staff, alumni.Courses
Current and projected.The Linguistics Major (*updated Spring 2010*)
Description and required courses.Carleton Linguistics in Japan: Spring 2012
Information about the new OCS program in Kyoto.Carleton Linguistics in Kyoto: the official blog
Mike Flynn, Chair of the Linguistics Department, blogs.The Finer Points: On Compsing, Grading, and Letters of Reference
Particulars and how-to for students in linguistics at Carleton.Program Resources
Journals, films, web pages, etc.CARLS
Committee for the Advancement of Respectable Linguistic Science: the student advisory group to the linguistics program.The Diagrammer of Sentences
A poem by Clare Rossini.Department News
Guide for New Students
Information for new students.Case and Agreement Rap
A homage to the linguistic phenomena Case and Agreement, in the form of an original rap written and performed by Peter Rogers ('13) and Ian Hollyer ('13), students in Professor Cherlon Ussery's Spring 2010 LING 162 (Case and Agreement) course.Events