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The PhD program in linguistics and applied linguistics focuses on the study of human language and the application of that study to the human condition.
Students in this program select a research specialization in formal linguistics, applied linguistics or some combination of these areas. The curriculum provides professional training in linguistics and applied linguistics with focused research in several areas, including discourse analysis, Indigenous American linguistics, language contact and change, language planning, language revitalization, phonetics, phonology, pragmatics, second language acquisition, second language teaching and learning, semantics, sociolinguistics, syntax, teaching English to speakers of other languages, and World Englishes.