Austin,
TX,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
PhD in Linguistics - Documentary and Descriptive Linguistics in Austin United States | University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
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Austin United States
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Qualification
Doctor of Philosophy
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
USD
17,694
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
60 months
The Department of Linguistics provides graduate programs for both Master's and Doctoral degrees. The curriculum focuses on theoretical approaches across linguistic disciplines, ensuring comprehensive training through essential courses in phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, and field methodology. Specialized courses are available in the department's key focus areas: phonetics and phonology, syntax and semantics, descriptive and documentary linguistics, computational linguistics, and signed language linguistics, alongside topics aligned with faculty research expertise. Students can also pursue complementary courses in departments like Anthropology, Speech-Language Pathology, Computer Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Statistics, and various language departments.
The documentary and descriptive linguistics specialization trains students to gather and examine data from lesser-studied languages and communities, producing grammars, dictionaries, texts, and other materials for language preservation. Doctoral candidates in this track often develop reference grammars as their dissertation projects.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.5
Qualification Requirements
Statement of Purpose - a clear and straightforward statement in which you give an idea of: your current interests in linguistics, how these interests developed, your plans for graduate study and eventual specialization, even if tentative. The statement of purpose may be uploaded electronically through the online application process.
Recommendation letters - we require three letters from professors who know you and your work. E-mails will be sent to the recommenders whom applicants identify on the application. The recommenders will receive a link which they can use to upload letters of recommendation.
Sample research paper, or work of similar scope, that clearly demonstrates your writing ability.
Curriculum Vitae
List of Publications (submitted as Supplemental Info).
Do not send official paper transcripts at this time. You will only be required to submit official paper transcripts if you are admitted to the program.
A grade-point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) or a comparable GPA in upper-division workjunior- and senior-level coursesand in any graduate work already completed is also required.
TOEFL: 79 on the Internet-based test (iBT)
IELTS: An overall band of 6.5 on the Academic Examination
Recommendation letters - we require three letters from professors who know you and your work. E-mails will be sent to the recommenders whom applicants identify on the application. The recommenders will receive a link which they can use to upload letters of recommendation.
Sample research paper, or work of similar scope, that clearly demonstrates your writing ability.
Curriculum Vitae
List of Publications (submitted as Supplemental Info).
Do not send official paper transcripts at this time. You will only be required to submit official paper transcripts if you are admitted to the program.
A grade-point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) or a comparable GPA in upper-division workjunior- and senior-level coursesand in any graduate work already completed is also required.
TOEFL: 79 on the Internet-based test (iBT)
IELTS: An overall band of 6.5 on the Academic Examination
Tuition
USD
17,694