BA in Linguistics in Philadelphia United States | University of Pennsylvania

The Linguistics Program introduces students to the scientific study of human language, exploring its connections to cognition, society, and history. This program prepares students for advanced studies in linguistics or related fields while contributing to a comprehensive liberal arts education. Linguistic studies prove valuable across disciplines including anthropology, philosophy, psychology, language studies, as well as professional fields like education, computer science, and legal studies. Established by Zellig Harris in 1947, the University of Pennsylvania's Linguistics Department holds the distinction of being the nation's first modern linguistics department. We excel in fundamental areas like syntax and phonology, along with specialized fields such as sociolinguistics, semantics, discourse analysis, historical linguistics, phonetics, and psycholinguistics. The university also hosts the Linguistic Data Consortium (LDC), a leading provider of research materials for language engineering. Penn's graduate linguistics program brings together faculty from linguistics and related departments, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and offering robust specializations across multiple linguistic disciplines.