Department of Linguistics

Welcome

Welcome to Georgetown University's Department of Linguistics! Please note that we have moved from our old offices on the fourth floor of the Intercultural Center (ICC) and are now located on the second floor of Poulton Hall, 1437 37th Street NW (near the intersection of 37th Street NW and P Street NW). Please mark your calendars for our weekly speaker series that takes place most Fridays from 3:30 - 5:00 followed by happy hour at Epicurean on campus.

Best wishes for a successful and happy semester,
Heidi E. Hamilton
Professor and Chair

Our new mailing address is:
Department of Linguistics
Georgetown University
1437 37th Street NW
Poulton Hall 240
Box 571051
Washington, DC 20057-1051

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The Linguistics Department at Georgetown is committed to analyzing a diversity of linguistic phenomena through different modes of inquiry. Our view of language as a cultural, social, and psychological phenomenon leads us to examine the dialectic between what is universal and what is particular and unique across languages. We do so through analyses of the structure of language, the acquisition of language, the use of language in context, and computational models of language. Our course curriculum, departmental areas of research, and individual research interests allow us to incorporate a wide range of modes of inquiry, including those drawn from the Humanities, Social Sciences, Logic and Mathematics, and Natural Sciences. By valuing the legitimacy and relevance of research at every level of analysis, and acknowledging that no one model of language can provide all the answers (or even address all the pertinent questions), we provide a foundation for the following degrees in a department that is built upon a tradition of unique pluralism: