Which uni for linguistics in UK, US or Canada?

Question

Hi,

I'm interested in getting a degree in linguistics and modern languages, and I was wondering if there's anyone who can list down some of the better universities for linguistics in either of the three above mentioned countries?

Answer 1

Indiana University -Bloomington USA

http://www.iub.edu

http://www.indiana.edu/~lingdept/ -- GREAT SCHOOL and GREAT PROGRAM

You can also get a BA in French Linguistics for example...there are many different tracks you can take -- search through the sites -- IU offers more foreign languages than most schools (at one point it offered the most, don't know if it still does though).

You can read more from the site but here is a short intro: "The Department of Linguistics at Indiana University is one of the oldest linguistics departments in the United States. Founded about 1948 as a Program in Linguistics, we offer both the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in linguistics. Our graduate program has strengths in areas of theoretical and descriptive linguistics and is also strongly committed to African linguistics. Students in the M.A. degree program take general course work in linguistics. 30 credit hours are needed for the M.A. degree. An M.A. thesis is optional. We have instituted a new M.A. track in computational linguistics. Students in the doctoral degree program take advanced seminars and pursue specific dissertation research, generally in one of the areas representing departmental strengths: African languages, computational linguistics, phonetics, phonology, cognitive science, second-language acquisition, semantics, syntax, applied linguistics or field linguistics." The program is ranked highly (so are the language programs) but I don't know their current rankings.

Answer 2

UCLA has a highly regarded linguistics program.