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 The purpose of a specialization in Linguistics
is to provide the English Composition and Rhetoric student with
an opportunity to obtain a thorough understanding of fundamental
linguistic concepts and an awareness of linguistic approaches to
phonetic and phonological properties of language, to word structure
and meaning, and to sentence and discourse structure. The
incorporation of Linguistics into the program of study would be
of particular benefit to the Comp/Rhet student who anticipates teaching
composition to non-native speakers of English. In this regard,
courses in English as a Second Language (ESL) and Second Language
Acquisition (SLA) will be very useful. Note that a minor comprised
of four courses in the ESL/SLA area can easily be turned into a
TEFL Certificate , since the TEFL Certificate
requires only six courses and up to three courses from one program
(such as a Ph.D.) can apply to another graduate program. Completing
this specialization, we believe, will lead to enhanced employment
prospects for the student who does so.
The LING courses listed below are all courses which might be appropriate to a specialization in Linguistics for a Composition and Rhetoric Ph.D. student. Note that LING 600/ENGL 680 Survey of Linguistics is a prerequisite to many of the other course offerings. For this reason, and because LING 600 provides a general overview of the discipline, students taking a specialization in Lingusitics are strongly advised to include LING 600 in their program of study. Core: LING 600 Survey of Linguistics (= ENGL 680)Other courses: LING 541 Language and Gender (= ANTH 555, WOST 541) 
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