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lx.berkeley.edu is the official website of the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. It is an informational and academic site, not a service or product platform: it publishes the department's programs, people, research resources, and news and events. It is useful if you are considering Berkeley's linguistics programs, looking for a specific faculty member or dissertation, or trying to find a department event or contact point.
What the site covers
The navigation and page content show the site organized around a few core areas:
| Area | What you will find |
|---|---|
| About | Contact information and directions, officers and committees, climate and community support, department history, and a "Women in Berkeley Linguistics" section |
| Academics | Courses in linguistics, the undergraduate program, the graduate program, a visiting scholars program, and two designated emphases (Cognitive Science; Indigenous Language Revitalization) |
| People | Faculty, emeritus and affiliated faculty, graduate students, researchers, postdocs and visitors, staff, in memoriam, and recent PhD alumni |
| Publications | Corpora and archival collections, dissertations, honors theses, Berkeley Linguistics Society, Berkeley Papers in Formal Linguistics, PhonLab annual reports, and survey reports |
| Research and events | Research pages, a news feed (Calques), and upcoming events |
There are also quick links aimed at internal audiences (computing, FOBL, for faculty, for grad students, HEMLOC, libraries and corpora), so some destinations assume a Berkeley affiliation.
Who it is for
- Prospective and current students checking degree requirements, courses, and the graduate or undergraduate program pages.
- Researchers looking for dissertations, working papers, corpora, or archival collections.
- Visitors and event attendees looking for directions, contact details, or the events calendar.
- Journalists and collaborators identifying faculty, officers, or recent department news.
How to use it
- Start from the top-level navigation if you know the category (Academics, People, Publications).
- Use the site search ("Search Terms" field in the header) if you have a name or title in mind, such as a faculty member or a dissertation.
- For events, check the Upcoming Events section; the site notes that ASL interpretation for an event can be requested.
- For practical visits, the "Contact Info and Directions" page under About is the entry point.
Limits to keep in mind
The site is a department presence, so it does not publish admissions decisions, tuition figures, or application portals on the page reviewed here. Those typically live on central Berkeley admissions sites. Likewise, the page does not state any pricing or login requirements for its public content, so treat access to gated quick links as an open question rather than assuming either way.