博士 宾夕法尼亚大学的语言学专业课程涵盖了广泛的理论专业知识和方法论。使他们团结在一起的承诺是对人类学习和使用语言的能力进行认真而明确的形式化分析。我们程序的核心是形式上的生成传统，但是我们鼓励从经验和理论角度对语言结构进行对抗而产生的交叉应用。通过与其他程序（例如计算机科学和心理学）的紧密合作，我们提高了对跨学科研究所引发的语言的广泛认识的意识。除了广泛的培训之外，还将提供并期望学生掌握他们所选择的语言学专业领域的方法和结果，以此作为在计划内外与其他人进行富有成效的对话的前提。<br> <br> Ame
American Sign Language (ASL) is used by deaf communities throughout the United States and parts of Canada. ASL is a naturally formed, complex language that relies on manual and facial expressions. ASL, like other signed languages from around the world, uses expressive properties to produce language in three dimensions. The unique nature of signed language and of its development within deaf communities gives remarkable potential for insight into how human beings are equipped to access, form, and develop languages naturally. This extends into research and coursework in ASL and Deaf Studies at Penn.