Linguistics at Cornell

jrtgsdrule
Sat, 09 Jan 2016 14:42:04 +0000

My son is a junior this year and is thinking about applying Cornell. His passions lie in Languages, Linguistics and Music. He is in his fourth year of both French and Spanish and plans to be fluent in both Languages before college and then plans to learn one or two more in college. He has some Swahili and Hebrew under his belt, but I think his plans are to pursue Arabic and German next. He also loves linguistics and studies that on his own time. He is thinking about a double major in Language and Linguistics (perhaps a minor in music although he really plays for himself and doesn’t plan to make a career of it). Can any of you out there give us any information on the Language and Linguistics programs at Cornell? Is it particularly strong/big/small etc. How are the professors in these areas? We would love any and all info anyone has to offer. Thanks!