Department of Linguistics and Languages

http://linguistics.humanities.mcmaster.ca/

Faculty as of January 15, 2024

CHAIR

Elisabet Service

PROFESSORS

John J. Colarusso/B.A. (Cornell), M.A. (Northwestern), Ph.D. (Harvard)
Ivona Kucerova/M.A. (Charles University, Prague), Ph.D. (MIT)
Victor Kuperman/ B.A., M.A. (Jerusalem), Ph.D. (Nijmegen)
Elisabet Service/B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Helsinki)

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

Catherine Anderson/B.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Northwestern)
Iris Bruce/M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Anna L. Moro/B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Daniel Pape/M.A. (Technical University of Berlin), Ph.D. (Humboldt University of Berlin)
Jean Wilson/B.A. (McMaster), B.Ed., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Alison Biggs/B.A. (University of London), M.Phil., Ph.D. (Cambridge)
Gemma Repiso-Puigdelliura/ B.A., M.A. (University of Barcelona), Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles)
Nikolai Penner/M.A., Ph.D. (Waterloo)
Wendy M. D’Angelo/B.A. (McMaster), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)

The Department of Linguistics and Languages offers B.A. Honours programs in:

• Cognitive Science of Language 
• Linguistics

In addition, Minors are available, using electives only, in: German, Italian and Linguistics. For information on the Minor in Japanese Studies, see the Department of Religious Studies . 

Language courses in American Sign Language, Chinese, Farsi, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Spanish are also offered by the Department.

For the Honours Arts & Science and Linguistics program (B.Arts.Sc.), see Arts & Science Program  

Programs

• Combined Honours in Cognitive Science of Language and Another Subject (B.A.)
• Combined Honours in Linguistics and Another Subject (B.A.)
• Honours Cognitive Science of Language (B.A.)
• Honours Linguistics (B.A.)
• Honours Linguistics with a Specialized Minor in Commerce (B.A.)

• McMaster English Language Development Diploma (MELD)

• Minor in German Studies
• Minor in Italian Studies
• Minor in Linguistics