Department of Linguistics | Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Linguistics is the study of language. Linguists study the sounds of language, how words are built, how sentences are constructed, and what words and sentences mean. We also study how language is learned and processed in our minds and brains, how it is used in social-cultural contexts and how it changes over time. At SIUC we offer a BA in Linguistics with a general/theoretical track and an English as a New Language track. We also offer MA degrees in TESOL and Applied Linguistics.

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Spring 2013 Course Schedule

For Spring 2013, click here to see the list of courses offered in Linguistics.

International Teaching Internship at Kansai Gaidai University - Japan

The Department of Linguistics is partnering with Kansai Gaidai University in Japan to offer a teaching internship for one or two semesters in Japan. For more information, click read more. Visit the Linguistics main office or click here for an application.

Jessi Miller,
Undergraduate Student

As an undergraduate in Linguistics, I couldn’t have asked for a better department. I was elected the first ever undergraduate President of the Student Linguistics Association by my peers, and was selected as a McNair Scholar, going on to win the McNair Scholar’s Symposium in the summer of 2011. Thanks to the encouragement and support I received from the entire Linguistics department, I graduated Cum Laude, and will begin graduate school this fall in Sociology.

Dr. Krassmira Charkova
Faculty Member

Dr. Charkova was invited to present her paper "The Role of Internet in the Acquisition of English: The Future of English Language Teaching" at the 5th Annual International Conference on English as a Lingua Franca at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey.

Selim Ben Said
Alumni

Dr. Said is an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Education in Singapore. His primary research interests are linguistic landscape, Read More.

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