PhD Programs in Linguistics

University of Georgia

• The Linguistics program at the University of Georgia is interdisciplinary and draws on faculty from a number of departments within the university, including Comparative Literature, Romance Languages and Germanic and Slavic Languages. Students in the program have the option to focus on one of four different areas Second Language Acquisition, Formal Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, and Language Variation/Sociolinguistics, each of which has its own focus and requirements. The program offers a number of teaching assistantships for new students, primarily teaching English composition and elementary foreign language instruction.

  Linguistics Program
  University of Georgia
  142 Gilbert Hall
  Athens, GA 30602
  706-542-5099
  uga.edu

State University of New York at Buffalo

• Students in the Linguistics doctoral problem at the State University of New York at Buffalo have the opportunity to focus on a number of specific areas within the field. Particular areas of strength in the department include syntactic and semantic typology, semantics, field-based documentation, and psycholinguistics. Students in the program receive extensive preparation in methods research and typically find employment in universities, such as the University of Rochester. The department also offers a number of assistantships, which typically carry a tuition waiver and a stipend.

  Linguistics Department
  University at Buffalo
  609 Baldy Hall
  Buffalo, NY 14260
  716-645-2177
  buffalo.edu

University of Florida

• The Ph.D. program in Linguistics as the University of Florida offers training in a number of areas, both old and new. Although original areas of emphasis included Descriptive Linguistics, Linguistic Theory and Experimental Phonetics, a number of new areas of emphasis have been added, such as Discourse Analysis, Semantics and Second Language Acquisition. The University of Florida offers a number of additional resources to Linguistics students, such as the Institute for the Advanced Study of Communication Processes. A number of fellowships and assistantships are available for incoming students, including the Minority Fellowship, the Presidential fellowships, and the Graduate Council Fellowships.

  Linguistics Department
  University of Florida
  4131 Turlington Hall
  PO Box 115454
  Gainesville, FL 32611
  352-392-0639
  ufl.edu

Stanford University

• The Linguistics Ph.D. program at Stanford University is comprised of 20 faculty members and offers a number of areas of specialization, including computational linguistics, morphology, sociolinguistics, syntax and variation. The program features a strong emphasis on theoretical work and also grounds students in a study of language data. The program also focuses on developing strong research skills, and students have the opportunity to work closely with faculty in the department. All students admitted into the doctoral program are granted financial aid packages, which typically include funding for the full five years of doctoral study, including both tuition and a stipend.

  Linguistics Department
  Building 460
  Stanford, CA 94305
  650-723-4284
  stanford.edu