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language, ideology and discrimination in the united states

Princeton

There’s an editorial in a recent edition of The Princetonian pointing out that Princeton still does not have a linguistics department, but only a concentration.

I did my graduate work at linguistics — at Princeton — some twenty years ago, I can affirm this is true. At that time linguistics was embedded in the German department, and did not exist on its own. Still the case now. I doubt the administration is going to pony up the money to establish a department (they’d have to hire a slew of people) but if in fact they decide to do this, I know a linguistics PhD who would volunteer for duty. Well, not volunteer, but you know what I mean.

Mon, November 14 2011 » universities

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