Welcome to the Hispanic Linguistics Webpage

The department of Spanish and Portuguese of the University of Arizona offers an undergraduate program and a Master’s degree in Hispanic Linguistics -- with the possibility of continuing towards a PhD in Linguistics, Linguistic Anthropology, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) and soon Hispanic Linguistics.

The program provides training in Spanish Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics, and Language Teaching.

Linguistics in Tucson
The University of Arizona has the highest concentration of linguists per student of any Research-1 University in the United States. Linguists are part of an increasing number of Departments and Programs including Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Spanish and Portuguese, English, French and Italian, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT), Anthropology, to name a few-- and they form a tightly related resource for theoretical, applied and multidisciplinary studies. The University of Arizona is situated in the midst of Native American Territory and very close to the border with Mexico. Tucson hosts an extensive community of native speakers of Spanish making it a vibrant and endless source of linguistic reflection and research.