Abridged summary of info-childes at googlegroups.com - 2 Messages in 1 Topic

[Philip Dale]

Thanks to Virginia Valian for raising this issue, and for the information others have provided.
I'd just like to put in the suggestion not to equate 'language acquisition' with 'part of linguistics', as there are some other, rather substantial disciplines that are concerned with acquisition, including psychology, speech and hearing sciences, and special education. Some of the phenomena that have been raised in the discussion are probably specific to linguistics, in particular generative linguistics in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. For example, if adult/theorizing work and acquisition work differ substantially in the amount of formalizing involved, it would not be surprising to find a gender difference. (I realize that there is much controversy about the 'why' of this, but the existence of such a difference is well-established.) In other fields, not characterized by that type of difference, the demography might be very different. And worth studying.

Philip Dale
Speech & Hearing Sciences
University of New Mexico

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The NSF link Rose Maier provided is very helpful.  I've summarized the information here.

Linguistics BAs granted 2010: Female 1,124; Male 558

Linguistics grad enrollment, 2010: Female 1,888; Male 1,244
(includes full- and part-time)

Linguistics PhDs granted 2001:  Female 109; Male 84
Linguistics PhDs granted 2010:  Female 115; Male 88

Best,

VVV
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Department of Psychology, Hunter College
PhD Programs in Linguistics, Psychology, and Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, CUNY Grad Center
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