Sino-Tibetan linguistics encompasses the comprehensive study of a language family that includes Chinese and Tibeto-Burman languages, characterised by a remarkable diversity in phonological, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In the markedness model of SPE (Chomsky & Halle 1968), redundancy rules lose their ability to characterize regularities and must convert ...

Our M.A. is a flexible program of study that provides training in linguistics and/or cognitive science. Students may propose a customized program of advanced study that combines elements from either ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Automatic alternations, those traditionally understood to be required by phonetic structure, have not been a part of transformational ...

Linguistics is a scientific subject, which means linguistics majors ask questions and test hypotheses about language. Students may focus on the role of language in society or how children and adults ...

A recent study explores how Japanese learners of French produce ambiguous speech errors. Using a specialized assessment tool, ...

As for my own methods of investigation, I do not really have any. The only method of investigation is to look hard at a serious problem and try to get some ideas as to what might be the explanation ...

Linguistics is a structured discipline that examines the organization and social dimensions of human language. You will learn about the commonalities among languages, the global diversity of language, ...

The Ph.D. program in linguistics was established at the University of Delaware in 1985. Its mission is to provide students with the intellectual ability to understand, create, integrate and apply ...