Linguistics degree

Linguistics degree
 

Since we all lovers of languages I was wondering, does anyone here have a degree in linguistics? I was thinking of going to school for that.

I'm studying English philology, I think that it's a degree in English. Yes, I know my English is not really good, but I'm still studying :)

If you're interested in a linguistic degree, don't hesitate. You must work hard, but it's amusing ;)

I believe David has taken some linguistic courses.

Yes, I did a minor in ESL/EFL and took several courses from the Linguistics dept, not because I had to, but because they were fascinating. If/when I have the chance, I'd study more linguistics. :)

Cool, I would love to make it my major, which I probably will. Also my local college has a program to study abroad en España

I never needed to go to one school to learn the language, I started in this purpose when my brother taught me in his job.

Really I learnt English here in the forums.

Go for it! ¡Adelante, tú puedes hacerlo!

You're not done learning it yet. None of us are. :)

CrOtALiTo, Creo quelingüísticas sean/son (?) el studia de la estructura de los odiomas, como ellos son structorado

No es aprendiendo especificado idiomas

Espero que tú puedas entenderme:)

I mean, I learnt the little that currently I know about it.

No really but, if you explain me better, I believe that can understand you.

La definición de Lingüística es demasiado compleja como para definirla como la ciencia que estudia la estructura del lenguaje, pero aquí no es una carrera universitaria. La lingüística y sus ramas (general, descriptiva, etc.) se estudian en la carrera de Filología en España, pero cuando estudias Filología, tienes que elegir un idioma con el que vas a hacer la carrera (F. hispánica, inglesa, francesa, germana, eslava, clásica, etc.). Saussure, Chomski, Lyons entre otros autores se ven a lo largo de toda la carrera en diferentes asignaturas y todos ellos son considerados lingüistas. Todos los estudiantes de todas las Filología los conocemos y los estudiamos, y no sólo en las asignaturas de Lingüística, también en Semántica o en Fonética y Fonología. No sé si en USA es una carrera por sí misma.

Pues me he equivocado, en algunas universidades sí hay Licenciatura en Lingüística, pero sólo el segundo ciclo, al que se accede con el primer ciclo de una Filología. De todos modos, puede que desaparezca cuando se implante Bolonia el año que viene.

What is your career?

CrOtALiTo,

Linguísticas son el studia de la primeras idiomas que los humanos hablaron hace mucho tiempo y como ellos desarrollaron de hace much tiempo a hoy. Cuándo se estudia linguísticas, no estudia único un idioma, pero todo:)

Básico
Estudiar de inguísticas = Como los idiomas desarrollaron

Yo te esperé ententerme jeje:)

Editar - UY:) Yo no miraba tema (post?) de imamar

what is linguistics?? let me check the dictionary :P

EDIT: I know what it means now. it relates to languages

So, is Filología considered to be an equivalent of Linguistics?

Here, in Spain, universitary degrees are divided into two cycles. The first one lasts three years and the second one lasts two years (some degrees, such as medicine, last more; others last just the first cycle). "Filología" is the degree which studies languages. Not all universities offer the same degrees, most of them are common, but other degrees are offered by very few universities. Linguistics degree is very few offered and it doesn't last five years (3 + 2), but there's only the second cycle. If you want to study Linguistics you must have studied the first cycle of any Philology. If you haven't this cycle, you can study this with the first cycle of another degree but you should study some subjects before (here the subjects have credits, they "cost" a number of credits, I don't know if in USA it's the same). Then, you should study a number of credits if you don't have the first cycle of a Philology.

Anyway, next year (I mean this september) the so called "European Convergency", most commonly known as Bolonia or Bolonia Process, will be implanted in the Universities, so some degrees disappear (also the cycles disappear) and the others change their names. Philology changes its name and it'll become to be "Grado en estudios X" (X means a language). I haven't found what is called a "libro blanco" about Linguistics, there's the "libro blanco" about "Título de Grado de Estudios en el ámbito de la Lengua, Literatura, Cultura y Civilización", and Philologies are inserted in this book. "Libro blanco" is called to the studies the Education Authorities have done for some years to adapt the present degrees to the new ones, according to European Directives. All the degrees have their "libro blanco".

I always thought of philology (filología) as a combination of linguistics (the scientific study of human language) and literary criticism/literature studies. In other words, a combination of language and literature. Usage might be different in Spanish though.

Yes, you're right. We study both linguistics and literature, among other disciplines.

Sé que UE quiere establecer en estándar en muchos campos no solamente
la educación, y crear una homogención entre los paises parecida a la
estandardación que tenemos en EE.UU. Veo lo bueno en eso pero tambien
sé que algo bueno perderá en el proceso. Tengo miedo que el individualismo entre los paises de europa está en riesgo de evaporar.
¿Que opines tú?