What jobs for a linguistics degree?

Question

I am a sophomore in a US high school with a couple questions.
I love language, and am currently studying French, Finnish, Anglo-Saxon, and Latin, and I wish to go forward with language and linguistics. Plus, there are several more languages I wish to study.

1. What does it mean to study linguistics in college, and what is a linguistics degree? Does it mean learning foreign/dead languages, or just the science of phonetics, syntax, etc. of language in general?

2. What jobs could I get with a degree in linguistic, besides translator (a job soon to be replaced by machines)?

3. What are some universites (abroad, or in the US) with amazing Linguistics/language departments?

PS: no Wikipedia articles please, I've seen them all.

Thank you all, and God bless.
Z

Answer 1

As mentioned above linguistics is the science of phonetics, syntax, etc. In addition, sociolinguistics focuses on society and language, gender and language, professions and language, etc. Computational linguistics focuses on the study of language from a computational perspective. It is an interdisciplinary field which draws on linguistic theory (phonology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics) and computer science (artificial intelligence, theory of computation, programming methods, etc.)

There are many jobs for compuational linguistics in the IT industry if this is something you are interested in. You could also get a doctorate degree and become a college professor. In addition to this you can teach languages, communication arts, work as a speech pathologist, become a writer, journalist, publicist, copy writer, professional translator, and more...

Georgetown University offers an excellent linguistics program including a 5 year BA/MA degree and PhD program.

Answer 2

1. Linguistics means science of phonetics, syntax, etc. of language in general.
There are modern language degrees or various language degrees if you want to learn languages not linguistics.
2. Speech therapist, Teaching ESL,
3. I'm not sure about how good it is, but I know Boston University offers both a graduate and undergraduate program. You might want to consider that when you look for a program. How big the program is, if they offer graduate work as well. Usually those that offer both have the bigger programs.

Answer 3

Hi!
I too am a lover of language.
I am currently studying French.
I also want to learn other European languages.

So I really want to know what are the job prospects of a person like me.
Plzzz, can u help me out???