Comparative Language Studies investigates the structural, semantic and pragmatic similarities and differences across languages. It draws on methodologies from corpus linguistics, experimental ...

A linguistics, comparative and related language studies major examines elements of language like sounds and word structures. These students explore how languages evolve and how various languages ...

From intensive language instruction to interdisciplinary studies in areas like comparative literature, linguistics, healthcare, engineering and fashion, our undergraduate offerings empower students to ...

An international team led by Professor Simon Townsend at the Department of Comparative Language Science of the University of Zurich has now shed new light on the evolutionary origins of language.

Undergraduate study approaches literature from a broad, cross-cultural perspective. The curriculum encompasses literatures, languages, and cultures from around the world. Students motivated to ...

"Languages disfavor word forms containing sequences of similar or identical consonants, due to the biomechanical and cognitive difficulties posed by patterns of this sort," Chundra A. Cathcart, a ...

The Comparative Literature Graduate Program enables students to gain an advanced knowledge of several literatures in their original languages in a theoretically and historically informed context, and ...

Whole language is an approach to reading and language instruction that is gaining increasing popularity nationwide. This acceptance is occurring without evidence that the use of a whole language ...