Professor Emeritus Björn Lindblom has been elected by the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) to be an honorary life member. Professor Lindblom is "an internationally renowned phonetician whose groundbreaking research underlies major directions of subsequent work in both phonetics and phonology.".
The five sections of the department represent different aspects of linguistics. Each section considers research and teaching equally important. You will find more information on what education we can offer you in our Education pages
The five sections of the Department of Linguistics are specialized in different aspects of the human language. Since 2007, the Department of Linguistics has been appointed as a leading research area at Stockholm University.