An undergraduate Slavic Linguistics major

[Frank]

Katherine Lahti's independent studies student appears to have a unique
combination of interests.

In what kinds of professions might we find a person using his or her
specialties in computers and Slavic linguistics?  I'm very interested in any
answers SEELANGERS might have.  The computer field seems to change by the
day and I, for one, have trouble keeping up with all the changes.

Are there any computer specialties today that really value linguists?  What
kinds of computer skills would a linguist need in these specialties?  Does
anyone know of any computer-oriented companies that actually seek and
recruit linguists?  What kinds of projects do these companies concentrate on?

Thanks,
Frank Poulin


At 10:02 AM 10/26/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear SEELANGers,
>
>We have a student at Trinity College in Hartford who wants to major in
>Slavic Linguistics.  We currently have three specialists in Slavic
>Linguistics on the staff and are looking for a model for this major.  The
>student will be studying next fall in Prague, next spring in Boston.
>
>I have temporarily come up with the following:
>Courses we offer at Trinity:
>3 years of Russian
>One year of Czech (SILP)
>Russian Phonetics: Contemporary and Historical
>Linguistics 101
>
>Other courses:
>Second-year Czech at Prague or in Boston
>A course in an old Slavic language (either OCS with us or in Prague/Boston
>or Old Czech in Prague).
>Comparative Slavic Linguistics (either with us or in Prague/Boston).
>An independent study using Slavic Linguistics and computers. (He's a
>computer science major).
>
>What do y'all think of this?  I am especially interested in finding other
>undergraduate Slavic Linguistics major programs.
>
>Yours,
>Katherine Lahti
>
>***********************************
>Katherine Lahti
>Department of Modern Languages
>Trinity College
>Hartford, CT 06106  (860) 297-2378
>
>