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Program Name:	Linguistics Program
Program Homepage:	http://linguistics.wwu.edu/
Institution:	Western Washington University
Address:	Humanities 253 MS-9057
City:	Bellingham
Zip/Postal Code:	98225
State/Province:	WA
Country:	USA
Contact Person:	Shaw Gynan , Program Director
Email:	click here to access email
Phone:	(360) 650-4853
Fax:	360-650-6110
Linguistic Subfield(s):	Anthropological Linguistics Applied Linguistics Computational Linguistics Discourse Analysis General Linguistics Genetic Classification Historical Linguistics History of Linguistics Language Acquisition Language Documentation Linguistic Theories Morphology Neurolinguistics Philosophy of Language Phonetics Phonology Pragmatics Psycholinguistics Semantics Sociolinguistics Syntax
Language/Language Family Specialization(s):	Arabic, Standard Chinese, Mandarin English French German Greek, Ancient Japanese Latin Russian Spanish
Program Size:	Large (over 25 students)
Program Description:	An interdisciplinary program in linguistics with core linguistics courses (Introduction, Sociolinguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Syntax I and II, Semantics and two senior seminars (recent offerings likely to be repeated include Contact Linguistics, Chinese Linguistics, Germanic Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, History of Linguistic Theories, Romance Linguistics) and concentrations in one of eight areas: Anthropology, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Computer Sciences, English, Modern and Classical Languages, Philosophy, Psychology and TESOL. Most frequent concentrations chosen are Modern Languages and TESOL. Currently over 80 majors enrolled. Some Modern Language study is required as part of the major as is a senior presentation.
Available Financial Aid:	General scholarships available through application to WWU Financial Aid Office.

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