Iberian and Latin American Linguistics
In the Iberian and Latin American Linguistics track, students pursue coursework in areas that bridge theoretical and applied approaches in the study of the structural and meaning-bearing properties of standardized and local languages, the sociolinguistics of the Ibero-American world, the development of second languages in natural and academic settings, and the qualitative and quantitative analysis of speech samples collected in the field and in the laboratory. This training is supported and augmented by coursework in the core linguistic areas of phonology and syntax as well as in the research methods of phonetics, discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, psycholinguistics, and anthropological linguistics through the offerings in graduate programs in this and allied departments.
The entering student must hold a bachelor's degree with a major in Spanish or Portuguese or must demonstrate equivalent knowledge. In either case, all students must demonstrate proficiency in a second language. The second language may be any language other than English that is relevant to the student's proposed field of study and is approved by the graduate advisor. This requirement may be fulfilled by exam, previous credit, or 10-12 hours of additional coursework.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Second Language Acquisition
- Sociolinguistics
- Applied Linguistics
- Foreign language education
- Spanish in Contact
- Heritage Languages
- Syntax
REGULARLY TAUGHT GRADUATE SEMINARS
- Research in Spanish Lingustics
- Heritage Languages
- Romance Syntax
- Lingustics Code Switching
- Spanish in Contact with Indigenous Languages
- Foreign Languages in the Digital World
- Sociolinguistics
- Research Methods for Applied Lingusitics
- Second Language Acquisition
CAREERS PURSUED BY GRADUATES
- University teaching and research
- Language and education technology development
- Higher education leadership
- UX research
- International business and marketing
JOB PLACEMENT FOR OUR RECENT GRADUATES
- University of Tennessee Knoxville
- University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
- University of Texas at Austin
- SUNY Buffalo
Core Faculty
second language acquisition, second language speech learning, speech perception and production, individual differences, quantitative research methods, phonetics and phonology, acoustic phonetics
Language variation and change; language contact; new dialect formation; deixis, discourse and social hierarchies; linguistic anthropology, language and ritual, Mayan languages, Nahuatl
Afro-Hispanic linguistics, language variation, and the African Diaspora in Latin America
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For administrative matters and logistical inquiries: Graduate Coordinator, Josephine Foster
Concerning academic aspects of the program: Dr. Sandro Sessarego or Dr. Kelly McDonough
