Prof. Ian Roberts Head of Dept. It may be helpful for undergraduates considering taking Linguistics to know of people they can approach informally to find out more about the field. Many PhD students also act as supervisors, and the contact information may be of practical value. And the PhD titles listed here give a further indication of the range of work being carried out in the Linguistics Department and in other related Departments and Faculties. Resources for students of the Linguistics Department Students have access to the vast collection of the University Library, most of which is on open access shelves, and there is an extensive linguistics section in the library of the Modern and Medieval Languages Faculty.
Colleges usually have some basic linguistics texts, and can be encouraged to obtain others.
The Department has a library of working papers and research reports. Both the University Library and the older college libraries have collections of manuscripts and early printed books which contain a rich stock of texts on grammar and linguistics from the twelfth century on. The work of the laboratory is supported by a full-time technician. All students following courses in experimental phonetics use the laboratory. General computing facilities, for instance for word-processing and statistical analysis, are provided by the University Computing Service both centrally and in a personal workstation facility in the basement of the Oriental Studies building near the Linguistics Department.