Columbia University Pre-College – Exploring Topics in Linguistics
An in-person Columbia Pre-College summer course introducing high schoolers to phonology, morphology, semantics, and syntax alongside topics like dialects, language and the brain, and the internet's impact on English.
This course offers an overview of the field of linguistics
Students will act as language scientists for the week
Summer C: In Person August 03 to August 07, 2026
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