Linguistics

Earning the top spot for the 11th straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 subject areas.

A Stata Center wing and celebratory event mark their achievements and the next generation of linguistics research at MIT.

This aspect of syntax helps us do much more than just build sentences, linguist Shigeru Miyagawa contends.

The Institute also ranks second in two subject areas.

MIT philosopher Justin Khoo explores tensions in the ways we use language, seek truth, and communicate about the world.

Senior Shardul Chiplunkar aims to be a translator between the tech world and the rest of society.

Honor recognizes professors who went the extra mile advising during the pandemic’s disruptions.

With a double major in linguistics and computer science, senior Rujul Gandhi works to surmount language and cultural barriers, globally and on campus.

Ranked at the top for the 10th straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 subject areas.

Oral history project allows MIT students to dig deep into the longstanding connection between the Institute and South Asia.

The Institute ranks second in four subject areas.

Neuroscientists find that interpreting code activates a general-purpose brain network, but not language-processing centers.

System developed at MIT CSAIL aims to help linguists decipher languages that have been lost to history.

Linguistics graduate student Annauk Olin is helping her Alaska Native community preserve their language and navigate the severe impact of climate change.

Working remotely this summer, students worked to better understand human intelligence and to advance machine learning applications.

Ranked at the top for the ninth straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 subject areas.

Ranked at the top for the ninth straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 subject areas.

Longtime MIT professor and department head also participated in many efforts in support of peace and social justice.

Longtime MIT professor and department head also participated in many efforts in support of peace and social justice.

Classicist Stephanie Frampton traverses disciplines to study how the content and form of writing interacted in the ancient world.

Classicist Stephanie Frampton traverses disciplines to study how the content and form of writing interacted in the ancient world.

Knowledge in both a technical and humanistic field prepares her to make new tools in computational linguistics.

Knowledge in both a technical and humanistic field prepares her to make new tools in computational linguistics.

Institute ranks second in five subject areas.

Institute ranks second in five subject areas.

Even when people believed Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 election, they did not use “she” to refer to the next president.

Even when people believed Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 election, they did not use “she” to refer to the next president.

MIT students are inventing constructed languages — or “conlangs” — in a class that uses linguistics to supply the building blocks.