Department of Linguistics
Linguistics is a scientific approach to the nature, organization, acquisition, and origins of human language. The linguistics major at USM offers concentrations in ASL/English Interpreting, ASL Linguistics, and Speech and Language Science, in addition to general linguistics. Learn more about Department of Linguistics.
Highlights
Prof. McDaniel with child in a language acquisition study
One of Professor McDaniel's research areas is child language acquisition. She studies children's syntactic knowledge through language games. This child is describing a scene shown on the computer.
USM Linguistics at So. Cal. Undergrad Linguistics conference
Jazmyn presented at the So Cal Undergraduate Linguistics conference: "Long Distance Wh-movement Structures in Germanic Languages: An Account Based on Case Marking & Language Production Pressures."
News
Welcome two new linguists - Dr. Jeanne Heil and Dr. Sandra Wood!
USM language courses moving to linguistics department
McDaniel and Sylvester-Cross will present at conference in Iceland
Earn a Linguistics Degree and a Law Degree with 3+3 Option
Linguistics student awarded a UROP fellowship for 2015/16
Maine & USM's First American Sign Language Shadowed Production features Linguistics students
Events
Sep
25
Mon
Linguistics Department Open House - Deaf Space
3:00 PM, 410 A-Wing Science Building, Portland Campus
Sep
29
Fri
Linguistics Department Open House
4:00 PM, 305, 310, 410 A-Wing Science Building, Portland Campus