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Department of Applied Linguistics, Penn State University
The Department of Applied Linguistics integrates applied, theoretical, and general linguistics into a coherent program of research, teaching, and service at the undergraduate and graduate levels. As such, Applied Linguistics works collaboratively with other academic units such as the departments of foreign languages and literatures, Psychology, Speech Communication, and Language and Literacy Education.
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Program in Linguistics at Penn State University
This program offers linguistics minors at the doctoral and undergraduate levels, emphasizing the structural, cognitive, historical, and cultural aspects of language.
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Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, Penn State University
Penn State's Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese (SIP) is widely regarded as one of the best in the United States.
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Department of French and Francophone Studies, Penn State University
The Department of French and Francophone Studies emphasizes linguistic, literary, and cultural studies related to France and the French-speaking world.
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Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, Penn State University
The Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures offers courses in the language and culture of German-speaking Europe, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as in the local German culture of Pennsylvania.
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Department of Comparative Literature, Penn State University
The Department of Comparative Literature crosses national lines, political boundaries, time periods, and genres in the study of literature and other forms of cultural production.
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Consortium for Language Policy and Planning
The Consortium is an unincorporated assembly of a number of research universities, advocacy bodies, and other scholars interested in issues of language policy and planning.
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