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Discuss “Linguistics major announced”

Carnegie Mellon faculty members have combined efforts to create an interdepartmental linguistics major, which they believe will further strengthen language study at the university.

The new linguistics major will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the use of language and the importance of language in society.

Faculty involved with the implementation of the linguistics major say that the rich presence of language study at Carnegie Mellon will make this a strong program.

“We’ve been running the linguistics minor for many years,” said Mandy Simons, a philosophy professor and director of the new major. “And we have wonderful resources here for providing a linguistics major.”

The new major will consist of courses...

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