Linguistics Graduate Degree Program

Description
The graduate program of the UCSB Department of Linguistics focuses on the discovery of general, theoretically significant explanations for the range of linguistic structures that appear in the world's languages. Special attention is given to how language structures are shaped over time by cognition and use, and how these structures are in turn utilized in communication and social interaction, with a focus on the empirical analysis of language in its natural setting. Students are encouraged to gain breadth and depth in their understanding of language by becoming acquainted with a variety of structures in a wide range of languages. Such a perspective is essential to an appreciation of the deeper characteristics all languages share and the myriad ways they can differ. The Ph.D. program covers all the core areas of linguistics, with especially rich training and coursework in functional and typological linguistic theory, discourse, corpus linguistics, language and cognition, language documentation and revitalization, and sociocultural linguistics. The department has particular strength in languages of the Americas, Austronesia, the Caucasus, East Asia, and the Himalayas, as well as varieties of English.

General Information
Website http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/
Address Department of Linguistics
University of California, Santa Barbara
South Hall, Room 3607
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3100
(USA)
Phone (805) 893-3776
Email gd-ling@linguistics.ucsb.edu
Degrees Offered MA/PhD, PhD
Requirements
  • Online application: https://www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/eapp
  • Statement of Purpose with completed coversheets (2 copies)
  • Statement of Personal Achievements/Contributions (2 copies)
  • Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV) (2 copies)
  • Three Letters of Recommendation (Submitted online. Note: if submitted via postal mail, please attach required coversheets)
  • Official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended (2 copies)
  • GRE General test scores
  • TOEFL scores 550 Paper-Based Test (PBT), 80 Internet-Based Test (IBT) or IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Overall Band score of 7 or higher (if applicable)
  • Writing Sample (Applicants should submit a copy of a research paper or some other piece of writing that they have done in linguistics or a closely related field.)
Pre-Application No Pre-Application necessary
Deadlines Fall Only - December 1, 2009
Optional Emphases Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Sciences; Human Development; Language, Interaction and Social Organization, Translation Studies (All Ph.D. only)