Linguistics

The Linguistics Program supports basic science in the domain of human language, encompassing investigations of the grammatical properties of individual human languages, and of natural language in general. The program encourages projects that are interdisciplinary in methodological or theoretical perspective, and that address questions that cross disciplinary boundaries. The program accepts proposals for a variety of project types, including research proposals, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement awards, and CAREER proposals. Some key areas of focus for this program include: • Syntax, semantics, morphology, phonetics, and phonology • Psychological processes involved in language production, perception, and comprehension • Development of linguistic capacities in children • Social and cultural factors in language use, variation, and change • Acoustic and physiological properties of speech • Computational approaches to language study • Biological bases of language in the brain