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The Stanford University Department of Linguistics is a vibrant center of research and teaching, with a thriving undergraduate major and a top-ranked PhD program.
Our program emphasizes intellectual breadth, both disciplinary—integrating diverse theoretical linguistic perspectives with empirical investigation across languages—and interdisciplinary—drawing on perspectives from the other cognitive, computational, and social sciences, and the humanities.

A Department Tradition: Annual hike in honor of Roman Jakobson’s birthday.
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Upcoming Events
April
30
Date:
Wed April 30th 2025, 1:30pm - 2:50pm
Location
Margaret Jacks Hall, Greenberg Room (Room 126)
Speaker: Donka Farkas
May
2
Date:
Fri May 2nd 2025, 1:30pm - 2:50pm
Location
Margaret Jacks Hall, Greenberg Room (Room 126)
Speaker: Milena Sereikaite
May
2
- Linguistics Colloquium
Date:
Fri May 2nd 2025, 3:00pm - 4:20pm
Location
Margaret Jacks Hall, Greenberg Room (Room 126)
Speaker: Veneeta Dayal