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The M.A. in Linguistics - General Linguistics involves coursework (five three-credit-units courses) in the areas of linguistics and applied linguistics plus writing and defending an M.A. thesis based on individual research.Graduate students in this concentration can pursue original research related to anthropological linguistics, sociolinguistics, language contact, heritage languages of Canada, Indigenous languages of the Americas, computational linguistics, morphology, syntax, phonetics, and other areas listed below. Students can also make inquiries about other possible areas of language-related studies.Example areas of general linguistics research include:Core fields in linguistics: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax (including tense and aspect), semanticsLanguage contactLanguage documentation and descriptionComputational linguistics, experimental linguisticsTypological/areal linguisticsStudies on specific languages: Doukhobor Russian, English, French, German, Inuktitut, Media Lengua, Michif, Russian, Shiwiar, Spanish, Swabian, Upper TananaStudies on language families: Algonquian, Chicham, Dene, Inuit, Quechuan Romance
