Welcome to UBC Linguistics!

The Department of Linguistics at UBC is an active center of research and teaching. We are well known for our work on First Nations languages, African languages, experimental linguistics (production, perception and first language acquisition), and linguistic theory (syntax, semantics, phonology, and phonetics). The department offers undergraduate and graduate programs leading to the B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees. For more information about the department and the field of linguistics, go to the about page.

Announcements for Undergraduate Students

Linguistics students, please see the undergraduate announcements page for news and updates from your undergraduate advisors.

For general news and announcements from the department, please scroll down.

SUMMER SESSIONALS - 2010S

Tue, 02/09/2010 - 11:05am — edna

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Gick and Derrick Publish Article in Nature

Wed, 11/25/2009 - 10:47pm — hotze

Two members of our department, Bryan Gick and Donald Derrick, have just published an article in the very prestigious science journal Nature. By means of some innovative (and very cool!) experiments they have shown that people's perception of speech sounds can be influenced by their sense of touch.

NEW COURSE January 2010

Wed, 11/18/2009 - 5:27pm — hotze

LING 209: CLINICAL TOPICS IN SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND HEARING

An Introduction to speech and hearing sciences, with emphasis on the clinical perspectives of audiology and speech pathology.

Instructors: Penelope Bacsfalvi, PhD, CCC-SLP(C)
Email: penbacs@interchange.ubc.ca

Guest instructors: From the School of Audiology and Speech Science (SASS) and clinicians from the lower mainland.

Prerequisite courses: none.

Applications for Graduate Programs (PhD and MA)

Wed, 10/07/2009 - 12:55pm — hotze

We welcome applications to our PhD and MA programs. For detailed information, please see the graduate section of our website. The application deadline is January 20, 2010 (for admission the following September).

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