Program Information
School: | Carleton University | ||
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Faculty: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | ||
Degree: | Bachelor; Honours | ||
Field of Study: | Linguistics |
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Description: | The field of Linguistics is concerned with the formal description and analysis of language. As a student in the program, you will examine the following: the production, perception and acoustic properties of human speech sounds (phonetics); the patterns and variations of speech sounds (phonology); the categories, structure and creation of words (morphology); the structure of sentences (syntax); word, phrase and sentence meaning (semantics); language change and relationships among languages (historical linguistics); and language processing and first language acquisition (psycho/neurolinguistics).
Linguistics can be studied as an Honours, General or Combined Honours program, or as a minor. Minor programs in American Sign Language, Mandarin Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies are also available.. |
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URL: | Linguistics at Carleton University | ||
Length: | 4 Year(s) | ||
Cost per year:* |
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Careers: | Linguists |
Admission Requirements
Grade for Entrance Previous Year (%)* | 73 to 76 |
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Prerequisites:* |
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ENG4U plus five best 4U/M courses. |
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