赖斯语言学系是一个活跃的，有广泛兴趣的学者社区的所在地。广义上讲，该部门对语言和语言理论采用基于使用的功能性方法。在教师研究和学位课程中出现了许多经常性的主题：对语言的深入研究，以及对跨语言概括的搜索，语义，使用语言，社会文化因素的影响以及其他功能性影响激励和限制语言形式，各种扎实的经验数据中的理论基础，对语言与思维之间关系的兴趣以及对话语和社会/交流互动的兴趣。完成语言学专业的文学学士学位后，学生将能够：展示对语言及其说话者进行独立研究的能力，包括具有道德地完成现场工作，收集数据，分析数据，利用实验室和
Program Learning Outcomes for the BA Degree with a Major in Linguistics<br>Upon completing the BA degree with a major in Linguistics, students will be able to:<br><br>Demonstrate the ability to perform independent research about languages and their speakers, including the ability to ethically complete field work, collect data, analyze data, utilize laboratory and computing technologies, draw meaningful conclusions from data, and convey research results effectively orally and in writing.<br>Identify and define the main approaches for researching language structure and use at all levels (sounds, words, grammar, meaning, social/cultural interaction), as well as be able to evaluate critically and apply the primary concepts, vocabularies, methods and theories in their own work.<br>Appreciate the diversity of language and the ways in which it changes over time. They will be able to analyze the diversity of sounds and grammar in the world's languages. They will also understand the diversity of regionally-, socially-, and ethnically-defined varieties within a single language. Students will be able to explain why this diversity is relevant to everyday life and how it is crucial to fields both inside and outside of linguistics.<br>Understand the systematic relationships between language structure and language use, and how these in turn relate to cognition, culture, identity, and society.