George Mason University

Study linguistics at Mason. You'll learn to approach language scientifically and transform the way you think about sounds, words, sentences, and meaning.

Through undergraduate and graduate courses, you'll be connected to a research-minded group of linguists—faculty with expertise in phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, second language acquisition, and sociolinguistics.

You will have opportunities to put your developing understanding of linguistic theory to practical use. Work on the often cited Speech Accent Archive, tutor a non-native speaker of English, or do an internship in Mason's English Language Institute.

At all levels, our students learn to connect theory to practice. They graduate with skills in problem solving, logical thinking, and data analysis that can be applied to many fields and careers.

Mason to Launch Linguistics Ph.D. Program

This fall, George Mason will provide another avenue for the exploration of language as it offers for the first time a PhD in linguistics. Read More >>

More than a Decade Later, Accent Archive Continues to Grow

Professor Steven Weinberger’s 1999 class project has grown into one of the world’s most heralded and visited language databases. The “Speech Accent Archive” is an online database that has 1,111 different audio samples that explore languages from across the globe. Read More >>