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L O W L A N D S - L - 07 April 2009 - Volume 07<br>
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From:<span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);"> </span></span><a href="mailto:bsu295@bangor.ac.uk">bsu295@bangor.ac.uk</a><br>
Subject: Guidance<br>
<br>
Hello to all,<br>
<br>
I would like to ask you all a question and I really hope you could guide me in
the correct direction. Firstly I am sorry again for such a irrelevant message.
What it is, is I have studied for a while in biology and doing a masters now in
Genetics (which I really cannot stand). I had been considering going down a
more linguistic based route in life, but as I haven’t got much back ground in
it I had never really taken it to be an option. But after seeing how miserable
genetics makes me I am seriously considering a bit of change of plan. I am but
23, so I am nice and young and am very willing to change. I have never felt so
passionate about anything like I do for language, especially indo-European
languages (but also others). I have so far learnt about a lot of languages
through my own interest (which I never really do for biology) and I have learn
basic French, Swedish and welsh, but as I have never lived in Sweden nor France
I have found it had to learn them fluently, and as welsh speaks seam to always
revert to English when they hear you struggling I have simply learnt what I
know from a basic welsh class and some friends at work. I plan to travel to Sweden at the
end of my masters so as to learn it fluently (and find a biology based job over
there). And then perhaps move somewhere new later that year or the year after.<br>
<br>
However what I want to know is how many of you actually work within a language
or linguistic based field of work. What would you recommend if I wanted to get
into a similar field? I am not just curious as to learn a language, but the
study of language evolution, history and culture etc etc, I also am obsessed
with. Please could you give me some guidance or advice as where to turn? Would
I need to do a degree in it? As this would be hard and expensive, especially as
I wouldn’t get any financial help from the government, as I have already done
one in Zoology. Or would I just need a Masters, and how much prior knowledge
would I need. I suppose what I am asking is what all you did to get into your
field of work? Sorry once again for taking you time. AND TA FOR THAR ‘ELP.<br>
<br>
Gregg Robert Ashcroft<br>
Lancashire, ENGLAND</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL"></span></p>
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