Linguistics
The research conducted by the MIT
Linguistics Program strives to develop a
general theory that reveals the rules
and laws that govern the structure of
particular languages, and the general
laws and principles governing all
natural languages. The core of the
program includes most of the traditional
subfields of linguistics: phonology,
morphology, syntax, semantics, and
psycholinguistics, as well as questions
concerning the interrelations between
linguistics and other disciplines such
as philosophy and logic, literary
studies, the study of formal languages,
acoustics, and computer science.
For more information, visit http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/www/home.html
Philosophy
The Philosophy section of MIT's
Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
offers two undergraduate majors: one a
general philosophy major, and another
joint major with the linguistics section
in the foundations of the study of
language and mind. For more than 30
years, the Department has also had an
outstanding Ph.D. program that attracts
students from around the world, and has
placed its graduates on the faculties of
the world's leading universities.
The Department's faculty is small,
but has research and teaching strengths
in a wide range of areas of philosophy,
including metaphysics, logic, the
philosophy of language and the
philosophy of mind, ethics,
and political philosophy. The MIT
philosophy program also offers the
opportunity for interdisciplinary work
in linguistics, mathematics, and
political science.
