English Language and Linguistics - Purdue University - Main Campus

English Language and Linguistics from Purdue University - Main Campus is a Campus Master English degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. The ELL Program concentrates on issues having to do with the nature of the English language , attending to aspects ranging from its descriptive and formal properties in phonology, syntax and semantics, to its more applied aspects, such as its usage in various historical, social, and literary contexts, as well as natural language processing. The strength of the ELL Program at Purdue lies in its interdisciplinarity and its ability to articulate connections with new and old fields alike. It offers opportunities for graduate students to develop unique and creative approaches to the study of English in its linguistic aspects. The ELL Program has strong links with other graduate programs in the English Department, including Medieval Literary Studies, Professional Writing, Rhetoric And Composition, and English as a Second Language . In particular, ELL graduate students have the opportunity to choose any of these areas as their secondary specialization and to conduct interdisciplinary research within the Department. Similarly, students in related programs can choose ELL as their secondary specialization, thus strengthening the linguistic component of their research and augmenting their teaching profiles. ELL also has close ties with Purdue\\\'s Linguistics Program in the College of Liberal Arts, allowing ELL students to take advantage of course offerings in general linguistics and to interact with students and faculty outside the Department. View more details on Purdue University - Main Campus . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related English courses.