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Sylvia L.R. Schreiner
Sylvia Schreiner is a linguist specializing in syntax, morphology, semantics, and language documentation & revitalization. Much of her work to date has focused on the morphosyntax and semantics of tense, aspect, mood, and modality. She leads an NSF CAREER project documenting Akuzipik/St. Lawrence...
PhD in Linguistics
The PhD in linguistics trains students in the science of language. Students become specialists in the core areas of linguistics — phonology, syntax, and semantics — and learn to integrate this core with the study of second language acquisition. This 72-credit degree program prepares students for posi...
Linguistics concentration in the BA in English
The Linguistics concentration is theoretically oriented and provides a solid foundation in the major subfields of linguistics: phonology, syntax, and semantics. As part of their English degree, students who choose this concentration take an introductory course in linguistics and three additional cour...
stvn h. weinberger
Steven H. Weinberger is an Emeritus Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English at George Mason University. He earned his Ph.D. in Linguistics in 1988 from the University of Washington in Seattle, and has taught at George Mason since 1989. He rewired in 2022, after 34 years of teaching grad...
About the Program
What is Linguistics? Linguistics is the scientific study of language. Linguists examine the components of language—sounds, words, sentences, and meaning—as a system of rules and universals. Every normal human has internalized such a system, since, by definition, we all possess knowledge of a languag...
Linguistics concentration in the MA in English
The master's degree in English with a concentration in linguistics is theoretically oriented and provides a solid foundation in the major subfields of linguistics: phonology, syntax, and semantics. It requires 30 credits and can be earned on a part-time basis in two years.
Cynthia Lukyanenko
Cynthia Lukyanenko is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English at George Mason University and the Director of Processing and Acquisition of Language at Mason (PALM). She studies children's acquisition of morphology and morphosyntax, and teaches courses on research methods an...
Géraldine Walther
Géraldine Walther's research interests lie at the intersection between computational linguistics, linguistic typology, and cognitive science. She is investigating in the degree of internal cohesion within linguistic systems, which she researches using computational and quantitative methodologies appl...
