Study Area
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Linguistics B.A.
College of Letters and Science
Division of Humanities
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About the
Major
The goal of linguistics is the enrichment of knowledge about the nature, grammar, and history of human language. Linguistics is a theoretical discipline, akin to philosophy, anthropology, and cognitive psychology. It is important for prospective students to understand that studying linguistics is not a matter of learning to speak many languages. Linguistics courses draw examples from the grammars of a wide variety of languages, and the more languages linguists know about in depth (as distinct from possessing fluency in the use of them), the more likely they are to discover universal properties. It is also possible to pursue these universal aspects of human language through the intensive in-depth study of a single language. This accounts for the high proportion of examples from English and familiar European languages found in linguistics courses and research publications.
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Requirements
Linguistics Department
in the General Catalog
Linguistics Department
website
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Contact Information
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Linguistics Department
linguist@humnet.ucla.edu
310-825-0634
3125 Campbell Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543
Box 95
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The requirements listed above are from the UCLA General Catalog.
For updates, see http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/catalog/
last updated 2/2/2009 2:01:00 PM
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