<div dir="ltr"><h1>Explore language largesse</h1><span style="font-size:1.1em;color:rgb(85,85,85);margin:0px;padding:0em 0em 0.5em;width:100%;float:left">Studying
this subject would prepare you for a number of career paths as it
develops problem-solving ability and enables you to find patterns in
complicated data apart from mastering writing and comprehension skills</span><div class="" style="margin-top:0px"><span class=""></span><span class=""><span class="" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline-block"><span><span style="background-image:url("http://w.sharethis.com/images/twitter_counter.png")" class=""> </span><span class=""><span style="display:inline-block" class=""><span class="">0</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class=""><span class="" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline-block"><span><span style="background-image:url("http://w.sharethis.com/images/linkedin_counter.png")" class=""> </span><span class=""><span style="display:inline-block" class=""><span class="">0</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class=""><span class="" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline-block"><span><span style="background-image:url("http://w.sharethis.com/images/email_counter.png")" class=""> </span><span class=""><span style="display:inline-block" class=""><span class="">0</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="float:left;width:70px;padding:0.3em 0em 0em 0.3em"><a><img src="http://www.tribuneindia.com/images/Print.png" alt="Print This Page" id="print-button"></a></span><span style="float:left;padding:0.3em 0em 0em"><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php"><img src="http://www.tribuneindia.com/images/share.jpg" alt="share" style="padding: 2px 0px; border: 0px none;"></a></span></div><div class=""><span class=""><h3><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><strong style="font-size:0.9em">Institute Watch</strong></span></h3><ul><li>Aligarh Muslim University (UP), offering BA(Hons.), M.A. in Linguistics, Certificate in Linguistics, P.G. Diploma in Linguistics</li><li>University of Delhi, offering M.A. in Linguistics, Diploma in Linguistics and Advanced Diploma in Applied Linguistics.</li><li>Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi), offering <a href="http://M.A.in">M.A.in</a> Linguistics.</li><li>Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad, offering <a href="http://M.A.in">M.A.in</a> Linguistics.</li><li>University of Calcutta, offering M.A in Linguistics.</li><li>IIIT, Hyderabad offering M. Tech Computational Linguistics.</li></ul><h3><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><strong style="font-size:0.9em">Eligibility</strong></span></h3><ul><li>For
acquiring a bachelor’s degree in Linguistics, you must have to pass the
Higher Secondary or Plus II examination with humanities. For acquiring a
post- graduation degree, a graduation in Linguistics is a must.</li></ul></span></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0em"><img style="max-width: 71%;" src="http://images.tribuneindia.com/cms/gall_content/2016/8/2016_8$largeimg16_Tuesday_2016_224528546.jpg" alt="Explore language largesse"></div><span class=""><p style="margin:0em;padding:0em"><strong>Gauri Chhabra</strong></p>
Have you ever noticed how language has evolved and grown over the years?
Read The Prologue to Canterbury Tales by Chaucer and notice how some of
the popular verses like Whan that April, with his shoures soote have
evolved to become 'when April with its showers sweet'.
Language changes its meaning and syntax. This is due to the fact that
large-scale shifts often occur in response to social, economic and
political pressures. History records many examples of language change
fueled by invasions, colonisation and migration. Even without these
kinds of influences, a language can change dramatically if enough users
alter the way they speak it. Frequently, the needs of speakers drive
language change. New technologies, industries, products and experiences
simply require new words. Plastic, cell phones and the Internet didn’t
exist in Shakespeare’s time, for example. By using new and emerging
terms, we all drive language change. But the unique way that individuals
speak also fuels language change. That’s because no two individuals use
a language in exactly the same way. The vocabulary and phrases people
use depend on where they live, their age, education level, social status
and other factors. Through our interactions, we pick up new words and
sayings and integrate them into our speech.
Would you like to go through these changing patterns of language that
put you at the center of the intellectual universe? If yes, you should
think about studying Linguistics.
<p style="margin:0em;padding:0em"><strong>Course Cursor</strong></p>
Linguistic courses make the students learn about organisation and use of
languages as well as develop skills in critical reading, argumentation
and analysis. There are several focused and integrated courses to choose
from:
B.A Hons. Linguistics: This is an undergraduate language course of
3-year duration where you will study nature structure, and variation of
language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics,
sociolinguistics, and pragmatics. Students develop the ability to
construct and manage an argument and work as a team to work on common
goals and the ability to solve problems that help you in real life
situations.
Post M.A Diploma in Linguistics: This diploma is of one-year duration
and would be very beneficial for you if you wish to script a career in
Linguistics after your post-graduation. It is divided into 2 semesters
where you would be introduced to the basic sub areas of Linguistics like
phonetics, phonology, morphology in the first semester and Introductory
Transformational Generative Syntax, Aspects of Linguistics Behaviour
Applied Linguistics Interdisciplinary Course-I in the second semester.
Offered by the University of Delhi, this course would prepare you for
jobs in corporate sector on accent training.
Advanced Diploma in Applied Linguistics: This advanced programme gives
an integrated approach to language in a diverse range of contexts,
including translation, journalism and media, language policy and
planning, website design and socio-educational development. At the end
of this course, you will look at the world with new eyes. You would also
learn to analyze texts that encounter in everyday and professional
lives, and able to apply this knowledge for a range of purposes.
M.A. Applied Linguistics: Applied Linguistics is an interdisciplinary
field of research and practice dealing with problems relating to
language and communication in society, the media, organizations,
business and politics.
Students in this MA programme are given the tools to identify problems
and to work on solving them by applying linguistic theories and
employing empirical and experimental methods. This course would provide
you both breadth of knowledge in several areas of applied linguistics
and the specialised knowledge and skills needed to plan and conduct
research in the areas of specialisation within the programme, such as
language acquisition, discourse analysis, and service learning, among
others. You may specialise in any areas of applied linguistics where
faculty expertise is available
MTech Computational Linguistics: Computational linguistics applies
computer technology to address questions in theoretical linguistics, as
well as to create applications for use in parsing, data retrieval,
machine translation, and other areas. People can apply actual knowledge
of a language in translation and interpreting, as well as in language
education — the teaching of a second or foreign language. Policy makers
work with governments to implement new plans in education and teaching
which are based on linguistic research.
MTech (CL) is an intensive two-year programme in which students of
computer science background get opportunity to learn how to apply
computational knowledge for natural language processing that includes
machine translation, information extraction and retrieval and speech
technology.
This is a research-oriented programme in which you can take advanced
courses related to their area of specialisation in the first year and
devote the second year entirely towards their research thesis. This
dynamic interdisciplinary program draws on linguistic theory, computer
science and philosophy, cognitive science and psychology. The course
also focuses on how computers and algorithms can be used to model the
sounds, grammar, and meaning of human language. Professionals and
researchers in computational linguistics apply computational and
statistical techniques to linguistic data.
Ph.D. Linguistics: In this programme there are four concentrations
leading to the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree: Applied Linguistics,
Computational Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, and Theoretical
Linguistics. You would learn to carry out cutting-edge linguistic
research, culminating in the completion of a dissertation. To help you
in the transition from "consuming" to also "producing" linguistic
research, there are a number of structures and requirements in place.
Degree would provide advanced training in field linguistics and
documentary linguistics, in the primary areas of the field in sound,
syntax, and meaning and in second language acquisition, as well as
training in linguistic computing and experience in presenting original
research in professional venues.
<p style="margin:0em;padding:0em"><strong>Career Pathways</strong></p>
Teaching: Those with a master’s in linguistics can opt for a career as
lecturer in various institutions that impart education in Indian
languages. Several government agencies hire linguists to supervise
language training programs. Linguists are also hired to carry out
research in various languages, or to work in specialized fields such as
the determination of geographical names for mapping and other purposes.
Freelancing also offer very good prospects.
Banking: With the world economy becoming more and more globalised,
linguistics also can meander in sectors like banking where more and more
multinational companies are hiring graduate and post graduates for
providing effective phonetics, language input, culture and customer
service training to delegates and the like.
Entertainment and Publishing: Linguists with a theatre background may do
voice coaching in the entertainment industry, helping actors with the
phonetics of particular languages, dialects, and foreign accents. Others
may offer accent reduction lessons for professionals.
Publishers are frequently looking for graduates with knowledge of
principles of textual organisation, discourse structure, grammar and
semantics. In publishing, linguists are involved with producing foreign
language text books, editing, consulting and planning elementary and
secondary programs of curriculum design. You can also become
Lexicographers who are involved in the publishing of dictionaries.
Healthcare: People with post graduation in linguistics are recruited in
hospitals as speech therapists or Neuro linguists. Speech and language
therapists (SLTs) work closely with babies, children and adults who have
various levels of speech, language and communication problems, and with
those who have swallowing, drinking or eating difficulties.
Software Industry: If you take a degree on Computational linguistics,
you would be hired by the software industry to develop computer systems
that deal with human language. They need a good understanding of both
programming and linguistics. You would also computational linguists
build systems that can perform tasks such as speech recognition (e.g.,
Siri), speech synthesis, machine translation (e.g., Google Translate),
grammar checking, text mining and other "Big Data" applications, and
many others. There are also linguistics jobs in the software industry
that do not necessarily require much programming background- for
example, speech data evaluators, linguistic data managers, annotators,
and localization specialists.
So, cruise through the courses that are available in linguistics and
zero in on a course that takes you through the Life of Language.
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<p style="margin:0em;padding:0em"><strong>What isLinguistics?</strong></p>Linguistics
is the study of language which identifies the common element connecting
the languages and draws its relevance from archeology, anthropology,
psychology, philosophy, sociology, English, computer science and almost
all subjects known to mankind.
It includes the following sub areas:
<ul><li>Phonetics (the study of the production, acoustics and hearing of speech sounds)</li><li>Phonology (the patterning of sounds)</li><li>Morphology (the structure of words)</li><li>Syntax (the structure of sentences)</li><li>Semantics (meaning)</li><li>Pragmatics (language in context)</li></ul>
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