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Graduate Program in Linguistics at the City University of New York

Welcome to the Graduate Program in Linguistics at the City University of New York. We offer MA and PhD degrees in theoretical linguistics. Our Executive Officer is Gita Martohardjono, who will be on sabbatical for the 2009-2010 academic year. Our Deputy Executive Officer, Robert Fiengo, will be acting Executive Officer for the 2009-2010 academic year. Our Assistant Program Officer is Nishi Bissoondial .

announcements

Linguistics Open House

December 3rd, 2009, 2pm, Room 5414. Click here for details.

Fall 2009 courses

The preliminary Fall 2009 course schedule is available here: Fall 2009 Course Schedule. Also course descriptions are posted on the Fall 2009 course page.

Linguistics Program Faculty Ranked Among Nation's Best

Our Program was ranked among the top 10 nationwide in the 2005 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index. Go to Chronicle of Higher Education for more information on the ranking.

Fall 2010 Admissions

Visit the Admissions Office website for an online application.

upcoming events Past events (2005 2006 2007 2008 2009)

November 24, 2009 (Tuesday) - Syntax Supper

TBA
TBA
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

December 1, 2009 (Tuesday) - Psycholinguistics Supper

Shifting senses in semantic development
Hugh Rabagliati (New York University)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

December 3, 2009 (Thursday)

Linguistics Department Open House
Room 5414, The CUNY Graduate Center
2:00 PM -
After the Open House, prospective students are invited to attend our colloquium (Renee Blake, 4:15pm-6pm). Additionally, upon instructor approval, prospective students may “sit in” on any of our classes during the week of Nov. 30-Dec. 4. Please RSVP/contact Nishi if you have any questions at: nbissoondial@gc.cuny.edu.

December 3, 2009 (Thursday) - Colloquium

TBA; Urban Sociolinguistics
Renée Blake (New York University)
Room 6417, The CUNY Graduate Center
4:15 PM -

December 8, 2009 (Tuesday) - Syntax Supper

TBA
Chris Collins (New York University)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

January 14 - 16, 2010

Conference on the Word in Phonology
CUNY Phonology Forum
You can read more here

February 19, 2010 (Friday)

SQUID
Showcasing Quirky and Unusual Ideas in Development
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

February 26, 2010 (Friday) Sociolinguistics Lunch

TBA
Cecilia Cutler (Lehman College, CUNY)
Room 6417, The CUNY Graduate Center
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

March 12, 2010 (Friday) Sociolinguistics Lunch

TBA
Valentina Pagliai (Queens College, CUNY, CUNY)
Room 6417, The CUNY Graduate Center
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

April 9th, 2010 (Friday) Sociolinguistics Lunch

TBA
Gregory Guy (New York University)
Room 6417, The CUNY Graduate Center
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM



Special Events of the 2008-2009 academic year

November 13-15, 2008 - The 18th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference

The conference page can be found here.

January 15-17, 2009 - Conference on the foot in Phonology

The conference page can be found here.

Special Events in the 2007-2008 academic year

January 17-18, 2008 - The CUNY Phonology Forum

The forum page can be found here.

November 22, 2008 - The CUNY/SUNY/NYU/YU MiniConference

The conference page can be found here.