Greetings!

[M M]

I see that I should have included more info in my
previous e-mail.  I live in Minnesota and am going
into my second year of college.  I've been studying
linguistics on my own, but I really don't know much
about how to go about getting a formal linguistics
education.  As of right now, I'm planning to start
linguistics with my M.A.  Does that work, or would it
be a lot better for me transfer to get a B.A. in
linguistics?  My main interests are dialectology and
sociolinguistics, though I also enjoy historical
linguistics (especially English).  I've nearly
completed a German minor, and I've been attempting to
teach myself a few other languages in my free time.
Because I'm fairly new to this, I'm still trying to
soak up information from all areas of linguistics
before focusing exclusively on one.

I realize that I'm very naive, but any help anyone can
give me to point me in the right direction is very
much appreciated.


Thanks,

Maia


--- Beverly Flanigan <flanigan at OHIOU.EDU> wrote:
> Maia, who are you and where are you now?  It would
> help to know something
> about you:  Are you willing to transfer to a B.A.
> program in
> linguistics?  Or will you wait for an M.A.?  In what
> subarea--theoretical,
> applied, sociolinguistics/dialectology, TESOL ...?
> Lots of us have a
> variety of programs that might suit you, with a
> range of financial aid
> packages (click on my website below, for example).
>
> "Mailring"--a new term to me!  Has anyone else heard
> it?
>
> At 09:41 PM 8/7/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >I'm a newcomer to this mailring and so far, I am
> >enjoying it very much!  I'm an undergraduate
> college
> >student with hopes of going into linguistics
> (though
> >I'm currently at a school that offers no
> linguistics
> >degree).  I've been studying linguistics and
> languages
> >in my free time, and have found this mailring to be
> >very informative and fun.  It's great to hear what
> >real, live linguists have to say since I've never
> >actually talked to one before.  I would be very
> >grateful if any of you have any advice for an
> aspiring
> >linguist (good colleges, career opportunities,
> study
> >sources, etc.).
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >Maia
> >
> >__________________________________________________
>
>
> Beverly Olson Flanigan
> Associate Professor of Linguistics
> Ohio University
> Athens, OH 45701 USA
> http://www.ohio.edu/linguistics/


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