G7 Requirements and Guidelines for the PhD in Spanish Linguistics

We believe that PhD candidates should be encouraged to gain familiarity not with a single approach to linguistic analysis, but with the advantages of considering linguistic topics from multiple theoretical standpoints. Thus, linguistic theory is to be seen as a tool to be manipulated in the analysis of both the current varieties of Spanish and in the historical development of these varieties, including as wide a view as possible of their various spoken and written manifestations. It is important for the candidate, therefore, to develop an understanding both of linguistic concepts and of the way they may be applied to language data. This program is designed to provide such an integrated approach.