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This isn't strictly speech-pathology related (or it might be...I don't know) but I figure you guys will know best. I've just finished my MA in Linguistics, but I wrote my dissertation on a topic that was half pragmatics, half language disorders (autism and metaphor comprehension). I found the topic fascinating and I'm looking for PhD programs. Problem is, it's a bit too far away from many linguistics programs, but most Communication Disorders programs are clinical, which I'm not looking for (unless I am and don't know it). I'd be an international student in the US, and I'd be wanting to focus on research. It doesn't have to be autism specifically, although ideally I'd like to remain with atypically developing children and pragmatic comprehension. So far I've found McGill's non-clinal program, KU's PhD on Child Language, and UMass Amherst's non-clinical program - but their website doesn't have much information on it. Can anyone suggest any others? This field could come under any number of departments or program titles, so it's challenging to find appropriate places to investigate further.

Hi everyone. I've been lurking here for a while, but this is my first post. I have a BA in English (Language and Literature) and an MA Linguistics in progress. I did a small amount of language acquisition in my undergrad, which I really enjoyed, so it's likely to be the topic of my MA dissertation this year. But, I don't think I've ever seen anybody on here say it was their research interest. Is it not particularly common, or is this often covered under one of the thereotical subheadings, such as syntax? Also, I'll be looking at applying for a PhD in 2016 (ideally in the US) and many of the usual PhD Linguistics programmes list language acquisition as a research area. But I've also found some universities cover this area in a different department, leading to different awards (PhD Education, or PhD Educational Linguistics, etc). Any tips for places I should research which cover the topic but don't label it as theoretical/experimental linguistics? It's child/first language acquisition I'm interested in (possibly veering into clinical, such as SLI) so I don't want to get too close to pedagogy or second language acquisition.