We are internationally recognized as a major center for work in theoretical, experimental and field linguistics. Our top-ranked doctoral program focuses on educating a small number of PhD students as high quality researchers and teachers. The atmosphere here is cooperative and collegial, with faculty and students collaborating on projects in a range of areas including phonology, syntax, semantics, phonetics, psycholinguistics, language acquisition, prosody, field linguistics, typology, historical linguistics, and morphology. We are especially known for innovative work at the interfaces between areas.
 

New Programs:

• Two new joint majors:
  • Linguistics and Spanish
  • Linguistics and Portuguese

Work Starts on New Academic and Classroom Building

During spring break week, March 19-23, work will begin on a new, $85 million academic classroom building to the north of the Campus Pond, adjacent to the Campus Center. This ...more

Undergraduate Wins Honors Grant for Work in Phonetics Lab

Undergraduate student Christopher Garry has received a $1000 research grant from the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Commonwealth Honors College for building a system to record vertical movement of the larynx ...more

Semantics Position to Start September 2012

The Linguistics Department of the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a one-year Lecturer position in Semantic Theory, starting Sept. 1, 2012. Duties for this position include advising students, ...more

UMass Linguists Sweep LSA Honors

The Linguistics Society of America has awarded the 2011 Early Career Award to Professor Seth Cable.  This award is in recognition of the "outstanding contribution to the field of Linguistics" ...more