Courses offered in 2026-2027

FALL 2026

Linguistics 9501 - Graduate research seminar 1 (for 1st year MA students) - cross-listed with 9500
Linguistics 9500 - Graduate research seminar 2 (for 2nd year MA students) - cross-listed with 9501

Friday, 11:00AM - 12:30PM
University College room 2120
Prof. David Heap

As part of your training in linguistics, you will develop valuable transferrable skills that can be effectively applied in a wide range of job settings. This course aims to help students identify and strengthen their marketable skills and learn to present themselves effectively to prospective employers both within and outside of academia. These skills include time management, oral communication, grant writing, teaching, leadership, research, project management, editing, interpersonal skills, and an appreciation of ethical and civic responsibility.

Linguistics 9601 - Syntactic Analysis

Thursday, 12:30PM - 3:30PM
University College room 2120
Prof. Olga Kharytonava

The goal of this course is to explore the syntactic approaches to the language structure. More specifically, we will focus on the Minimalist Program and will look at a range of topics (e.g., argument structure, case, binding). Students will develop a broader understanding of generative syntax and its puzzles in different languages. Students will also read original research articles on the topics from older and current literature. The course will focus on developing an understanding of the theoretical foundations of syntax and applying the theory to the analysis of linguistic data.

Linguistics 9452 - Philosophy of Language

Cross-listed with Philosophy 9400 & Philosophy 4210

Monday, 10:30AM - 12:30PM, and Wednesday, 10:30AM - 11:30AM
Prof. Rob Stainton

WINTER 2027

Linguist 9621 - Phonology

Cross-listed with Linguistics 4247B

Thursday, 12:30PM - 3:30PM
University College room 2120
Prof. David Heap

Linguistics 9670 - The Lexicon from Different Points of View

Wednesday, 9:30AM - 12:30PM
University College room 2120
Prof. Jacques Lamarche

Languages have a vocabulary, a list of basic morphemes generally called the lexicon. This course provides an overview of various perspectives on its content. We’ll start with the prescriptive approaches of lexicography and then explore the descriptive approaches used in linguistic analysis. Our focus will be on the types of information relevant to words and morphemes in descriptive linguistics, including their formal aspects (like segmental or prosodic) notional aspects (such as semantic, logical, or conceptual) and grammatical aspects (e.g., categories, formal features, gender marking, etc.). The course introduces students to different theoretical perspectives on the lexicon, ranging from ‘maximalist’ approaches that see it as containing a wide range of information due to the lack of a clear distinction between linguistic knowledge and social or cognitive knowledge, to perspectives where linguistic knowledge is considered autonomous from social and cognitive knowledge. This latter perspective leads to a lexicon stratified by the type of knowledge it relates to, as it needs to distinguish between individual language knowledge and knowledge shared by the language community.

Linguistics 9237 - Field Techniques in Linguistics

Cross-listed with Anthropology 4415B

Tuesday, 9:30AM - 12:30PM
Prof. Tania Granadillo

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to Linguistic Fieldwork. As such, this course will lead you into the field to seek native speaker consultants, to collect, transcribe and analyze linguistic data of a given language and to present that data in such a way that it is useful to others. We will be working with a language unfamiliar to the students, TBA. After the first three weeks, the class time will be dedicated to data gathering and elicitation with a language consultant in groups. This will be recorded. We will be working with a variety of digital tools and students must be prepared to spend ample time familiarizing themselves with these tools.

Linguistics 9225 - Language and Social Justice

Tuesday, 1:30PM - 4:30PM
UCC room 66
Prof. Karen Pennesi

Language and Social Justice — With emphasis on critical analysis of real-world issues in global contexts, students learn how language shapes, reflects and challenges social inequalities. Students analyze the relationship between language and social justice in various settings, including education, media, law, workplaces, digital spaces, and everyday interactions. Students will explore how language operates within systems of power related to race, colonialism, capitalism, gender, disability, and migration.

 

 

Additional courses in Applied Linguistics can be found in the Masters of Education at this link: https://www.edu.uwo.ca/csw/grad/timetables/curriculum-studies-studies-in-applied-linguistics.html