Linguistics - Carleton College

Linguistics from Carleton College is a Campus Bachelor Linguistics degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. We here in the Linguistics Program may be biased, but we think linguistics is an ideal major at a liberal arts college. Our program examines significant aspects of human nature at several levels and via a number of methodologies. We look at human beings as expert learners and manipulators of extraordinarily complex species-specific systems called ?grammars?. We examine the nature of languages using various mathematical techniques. Students are required to exercise their creativity by actively participating in the building of elaborate theories of the underlying cognitive structures humans routinely, though subconsciously, acquire. They ask how we might understand the concept of ?meaning? and its linguistic communication. They ponder what the results of linguistic analysis reveals about long-standing problems in the philosophy of language and mind. They learn to ?make sense? of what at first blush appear to be quite exotic examples of this fundamental human skill. We think students emerge from our program with enhanced versatility, intellectual bravery, and an appreciation of the value of rigor. They are unafraid of complexity, know the joy of achieving insight into hard problems, and can speak lucidly in public under pressure. In short, they are ready for anything. View more details on Carleton College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Linguistics courses.