About the School

Welcome to Carleton University’s School of Linguistics and Language Studies, the place on campus for all things LANGUAGE.  We offer the following programs: undergraduate degree in Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies, undergraduate degree in Linguistics, graduate degree in Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies, Certificate in Teaching ESL, world-class modern language courses, English as a Second Language (ESL) for academic purposes, and advanced Communication Courses for Specific Disciplines and Professions.  Members of our school share a fascination and passion for LANGUAGE.  If you do too, this is the place for you.

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Undergraduate Programs

Read more about our two undergraduate programs and our minors.

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Graduate Programs

Read about our M.A and Ph.D programs in Applied Linguistics & Discourse Studies

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Academic Positions

Positions announced periodically.

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Monday, March 18, 2019

Grad Symposium a success

2017 Dunton Tower was buzzing last Thursday with the sounds (and sights) of the 14th Annual Graduate Student Symposium.  The theme for this year’s Symposium was “Connecting Through Language” and the event featured more than twenty academic posters by... More

2017 Dunton Tower was buzzing last Thursday with the sounds (and sights) of the 14th Annual Graduate Student Symposium.  The theme for this year’s Symposium was “Connecting Through Language” and the event featured more than twenty academic posters by students in the ALDS (Applied Linguistics & Discourse Studies) Masters and PhD programs.... More

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Monday, March 11, 2019

Barker recognized for Service Excellence

Congratulations to Mike Barker on receiving a “Service Excellence by an Individual” award at the recent 2018 Service Excellence Awards luncheon in Fenn Lounge. “Thanks to everyone who took the time to nominate me and to write... More

Congratulations to Mike Barker on receiving a “Service Excellence by an Individual” award at the recent 2018 Service Excellence Awards luncheon in Fenn Lounge. “Thanks to everyone who took the time to nominate me and to write those really thoughtful letters of support.  This whole experience was a real surprise and a total pleasure!”... More

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Friday, March 8, 2019

Fogarty-Bourget – book chapter based on doctoral research

A book chapter by ALDS PhD candidate Chloe Fogarty-Bourget - "Gestural silence: An engagement device in the multimodal genre of the chalk talk lecture" (in collaboration with Natasha... More

A book chapter by ALDS PhD candidate Chloe Fogarty-Bourget - "Gestural silence: An engagement device in the multimodal genre of the chalk talk lecture" (in collaboration with Natasha Artemeva and Janna Fox) - is slated for publication in April 2019 as part of a new book in the Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, Engagement in Professional Genres, edited... More

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