UF’s MA in Linguistics provides advanced training in phonetics, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and language acquisition, along with sociolinguistics and computational linguistics. Students explore how language functions, evolves, and varies across communities. With options to focus on endangered languages, bilingualism, or natural language processing, the program prepares students for research, education, or tech-related language work.
Acoustic analysis of vowel reduction patterns in unstressed English syllables
Fieldwork and documentation of endangered indigenous language phonotactics
Comparative study of word order variation in SOV vs. SVO languages
Development of a syntactic parser for processing child-directed speech
Thesis on code-switching phenomena in bilingual Spanish-English communities
Semantic analysis of motion verbs in Slavic vs. Romance languages
Study of tonal variation across dialects of Mandarin Chinese
Natural language processing tool to detect subject-verb agreement errors in ESL writing
Corpus-based analysis of metaphor use in political discourse
Sociophonetic study of Southern American English among Gen Z speakers
Phonological awareness development in children learning to read in two languages
Evaluation of signed language acquisition in deaf children with cochlear implants
Computational modeling of syntax acquisition in second-language learners
Study on language ideology and identity in Haitian Creole-speaking diaspora
Thesis on morphological complexity in polysynthetic languages
Analysis of pragmatics in online communication: Emojis as speech acts
Development of a digital dictionary and grammar resource for an under-described language
Gendered language use in media interviews: A sociolinguistic perspective
Study of discourse markers in spontaneous vs. scripted speech
Lexical borrowing and language contact effects in Arabic-English bilinguals
Investigate language as a dynamic system through interdisciplinary linguistic research.
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