Supports scientific research of all types that focuses on human language as an object of investigation. The program supports research on the syntactic, semantic, phonetic, and phonological properties of individual languages and of language in general; the psychological processes involved in the use of language; the development of linguistic capacities in children; social and cultural factors in language use, variation, and change; the acoustics of speech and the physiological and psychological processes involved in the production and perception of speech; and the biological bases of language in the brain.

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Mail Address
National Science Foundation
Linguistics Program
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 995
Arlington, VA 22230
Phone: (703) 292-8731
FAX: (703) 292-9068