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Linguistics Competition

Useful Links

Suggested websites to visit to help you prepare for the competition:

  1.  is a large database of structural (phonological, grammatical, lexical) properties of languages gathered from descriptive materials (such as reference grammars) by a team of  (many of them the leading authorities on the subject).
  2.  (with solutions)
  3.  (reliable information)

Information about linguistics:

  1.  (with answers to questions about majoring in linguistics, jobs in linguistics, etc.)
  2.  (fun website)
  3.  (wonderful resource of accents of native and non-native speakers of English)

Blogs about language:

  1.  (posts by professional linguists)
  2.  (Top 25 linguistics blogs)
17th Annual MTSU Linguistics Competition

Do you like . . .

…solving word puzzles?
…tackling linguistic challenges?
…deciphering coded messages?

If so, join students from across Tennessee at this year’s MTSU Linguistics Competition. 

Compete for medals and prizes, play word games, and meet other budding linguists.

When: April 20, 2024

Where: BAS Building, MTSU

Cost: $20


For safety reasons, participants and chaperones will be asked to wear face masks during the morning welcome, the break activities, and the awards ceremony. That is when a large number of people are gathered in close proximity indoors.