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Linguistics

Master of Arts

The areas of specialization in this program are: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, computational linguistics, documentation and linguistic analysis of North American Indigenous Languages, historical and comparative linguistics, first and second language acquisition, neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics.

¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Requirements

Applicants must satisfy the university admission requirements as stated in Graduate General Regulations 1.3 in the ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Calendar. Students must also demonstrate adequate linguistics preparation. Those with little or no academic linguistics preparation may not obtain program admission or admission as a qualifying student.

Program Requirements

This program offers a thesis option, project option, and course work option for a minimum of 35 units.

Students must complete

LING 880 - Advanced Linguistic Research for Professional Development (3)

Designed to help students develop practical skills that will support their professional development as linguists, including writing research articles and preparing conference presentations, as well as critically evaluating and discussing influential works in the field. It is designed for second year students who are actively working on research projects, theses, and qualifying papers, so that they can share key literature related to their research and present their on-going work to benefit from the feedback of their cohort.

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
Maite Taboada
Sep 4 – Oct 11, 2024: Tue, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Oct 16 – Dec 3, 2024: Tue, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
LING 890 - Graduate Seminar I (1) *

An introduction to professional aspects in the field of Linguistics. Course consists of seminars, lectures and workshops. Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
Henny Yeung
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Thu, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
LING 891 - Graduate Seminar II (1) *

An introduction to professional aspects in the field of Linguistics. Course consists of seminars, lectures and workshops. Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
TBD

and requirements for one of the options below

Thesis Option

LING 898 - MA Thesis (18)

Students who are working on their Master of Arts thesis enroll in this course. Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
Suzanne Hilgendorf
TBD
Panayiotis Pappas
TBD
Ashley Farris-Trimble
TBD
Yue Wang
TBD
Henny Yeung
TBD
Marianne Ignace
TBD

and 12 additional graduate units**

Project Option

LING 893 - Linguistics MA Project (6)

Students who are working on their MA capstone project enroll in this course. Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
John Alderete
TBD
Marianne Ignace
Peter Jacobs
TBD
Heather Bliss
TBD
Donna Gerdts
TBD

and 24 additional graduate units***

Course-based Option

and 30 additional graduate units***

* LING 890 and LING 891 should be completed in the first year of program enrollment.

** Only one directed research course allowed. At most three units can come from outside the Department of Linguistics at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV with the approval of the student's supervisor and graduate chair.

*** Only one directed research course allowed. At most six units can come from outside the Department of Linguistics at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV with the approval of the student's supervisor and graduate chair.

Accelerated Master's

¶¡ÏãÔ°AV students accepted in the accelerated master’s within the Department of Linguistics may apply a maximum of 10 graduate course units, taken while completing the bachelor's degree, towards the upper division electives of the bachelor's program and the requirements of the master's degree. These graduate courses must be passed with a grade of B (3.0) or better in order to be used towards the requirements of the master's degree. Students may apply for the Accelerated MA once they have completed 90 units with a 3.67 or greater CGPA. For more information go to: /gradstudies/apply/programs/accelerated-masters.html and .

Program Length

Students are expected to complete the program requirements in six terms.

Academic Requirements within the Graduate General Regulations

All graduate students must satisfy the academic requirements that are specified in the Graduate General Regulations, as well as the specific requirements for the program in which they are enrolled.