The
Linguistics Program at Duke is an interdisciplinary undergraduate
program within the College of Arts & Sciences that provides an
opportunity for undergraduate students to major in linguistics. The Program also offers a Ph.D. in English Linguistics degree under
the auspices of the English Graduate Department and in cooperation
with Linguistics at North Carolina State University.
Contrary to popular myths, Linguistics is not about the ability to speak many languages. It is the science of language development and patterns. As a discipline, Linguistics looks at language two ways: (1) the historical conditions that develop and maintain particular languages in social groups, and (2) the biological conditions that support language learning and production in the individual.
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