We learn about language acquisition and how the process differs for babies and adults. Exposure to language as infants doesn’t just help us say those first words but gives us the tools we need to ...

Our students become accomplished scholars of human language, its structure and diversity, how it is learned and understood, and how it shapes cultural practices. They enjoy careers in government, K–12 ...

We learn about how and why languages change. Language is constantly changing. Today’s small changes could lead to entirely new dialects or languages in the future. We learn about how and why languages ...

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Colorado Boulder is a major center of interdisciplinary research in cognitive-functional linguistics, computational linguistics, language ...

In linguistics, there is the concept of deep structure and surface structure. By digging into these, we can gain some insights into the way innovation really works. The deep structure is the meaning; ...

Under Feb. 21’s turquoise blue sky, a group of students, teachers, staff and Tucson community members gathered on the University of Arizona Mall for a heartfelt celebration of the 25th anniversary of ...