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Why
Study Linguistics?
(partly
from Penn State University’s Linguistic Department)
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Minor in
linguistics and major in political science, administration of justice or
business administration for careers in forensic linguistics (patent agents,
copyright law, FBI, foreign service). ·
Minor
in linguistics and major in communications for careers in publishing,
communications consulting, telecommunications specialist, or mediation
specialist. ·
Minor
in linguistics and major in language and/or psychology for careers in second
language teaching/acquistion, multimedia language instruction, human/computer
interaction. ·
Minor
in linguistics and major in speech communication and/or communication disorders
for careers in speech pathology/audiology, English as a Second Language. ·
Minor
in linguistics and major in sociology for careers in government (linguistic
rights and Native American languages, literacy). ·
Minor
in linguistics and major in philosophy or mathematics for careers in research
groups dealing with intelligent agents, or computer applications. ·
Minor
in linguistics and major in English for editorial careers or international
programs coordinator. ·
Minor
in linguistics and major in writing for careers in editing, technical writing,
script writing, speech writing, copy writing. ·
Minor
in linguistics and major in computer science for careers in machine translation,
software design, voice synthesizer design, speech recognition, computational
linguistics. ü
The
largest employer of linguists is the national intelligence agencies—the CIA
and the NSA—and the US Military. ü
Linguistics
coupled with writing, sociology, psychology, English or philosophy is an
excellent combination for entrance into law school, especially if you are
interested in the language of the law. ü
Linguistics
coupled with writing, a foreign language or English is excellent preparation for
entrance into graduate programs in rhetoric and composition, linguistics,
foreign languages or English studies.
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