Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Welcome to the Institute of Linguistics! On this website you can find all the important information about the institute.
Information for freshman/beginners
The Department of Linguistics at Goehte University Frankfurt offers in collaboration with the Department of English and American Studies, the Department of Psycholinguistics and the Teaching of German, and the Department of Romance Literatures and Languages two linguistic programs, a BA Linguistik taught in German and an MA Linguistics taught in English. In addition, the Department takes part in the BA Germanistik and in the Teacher Education Program.
For more information on the linguistic programs, please contact
The Institute of Linguistics, which is based in the Faculty of Modern Languages (FB 10), has special expertise in the fields of language structure (syntax and phonology), semantics and pragmatics, psycholinguistics (language acquisition, language processing) and historical linguistics represent known researchers. In addition, there are close contacts and cooperation with the linguists in the Institutes of English and Romance Studies, with philosophy (Faculty of Philosophy and History, FB 08), and the Institute for Empirical Linguistics (Faculty ofLinguistics and Cultural Studies, FB 09).
Besides the Institute of Linguistics, there is also research and teaching in linguistics in other institutes. More details can be found here:
The potential of the Frankfurt linguistics is especially in the realm of foundational research in linguistics. The active research is bundled in various projects.
The following professorships belong to the Department of Linguistics:
In teaching, the following professorships are affiliated to the Institute of Linguistics:
The Institute of Linguistics would like to point out that direct contact with our employees is still limited by the current requirements of the City of Frankfurt am Main and the Goethe University.
Current regulations (starting April 04, 2022):
All the current information for employees and students of the Goethe University regarding Corona can be found here. Please contact the respective sectetariats or lecturers (all contacts can be found on our homepage).
Further information for students:
We wish you a good start of the semester,
Your Institute for Linguistics