You can damn sure be better than any random four of them. You have seen real turkeys mumbling away up there at the mike, presenting analyses that don't fly, or even waddle. But that is great for you! It means that on average you only have to be better than the next four syntax dissertation-writers who come along, and (assuming broadly merit-based hiring) one of those jobs has your name on it! You know that at every conference you've seen papers presented by students who are worse than you aim to be. This is the way to look at that blue spike: The numbers show there are only about 20 job vacancies in syntax for each 100 syntax dissertations. What's being left out is just how good you are determined to be. If you think it is saying you can't make it, you are overlooking something important. This is the way to think about that enormous blue column over Syntax, the worst piece of data in the bar graph above. I speak as one who simply would not listen when people said "You can never become an academic in linguistics because job vacancies are just too scarce." For me, the prospect of not spending a life in linguistics was unpleasant to think about, so I refused to think about it. I want to make a brief comment about this, addressed to linguistics doctoral students.
For the leftmost three fields, the disparity runs in the opposite direction, making them look like paradise for new graduates.This interdisciplinary approach is likely to produce stronger research too! Rather, it suggests that such students would do well to combine their work with experimental or computational research, to put themselves in the running for a wider range of jobs. For syntax, phonology, and semantics, the disparity between the number of dissertations and the number of jobs is somewhat troubling, but we should not read it as an indication that these fields are hopeless to get into.
#Linguist jobs near me update#
Update (): See this post for arguably more accurate counts for dissertations. This post attempts to make amends, as it were, by setting Linguist List job data from the last five years alongside the Proquest dissertation data that Shannon collected: There was some discussion in the comments about whether the numbers were truly comparable and whether we should base conclusions on just one year of data. Learn about non academic careers in Linguistics.Heidi and I both posted recently about the job market in linguistics ( my post, and her collaborative post with Shannon Bischoff). Below you will find a list of some of the career paths that graduates with a BA in linguistics have followed as well as some references that may prove useful.Ĭurrent postings of linguistics jobs are available from the Linguistics Society of America and ZipRecruiter. Each of these skills are useful in many careers that may not otherwise seem related to linguistics. As a student of linguistics, you will become familiar with many different languages and cultures and, as a result, also develop cross-cultural skills. Studying linguistics helps you develop many important skills such as analytical and critical thinking, problem solving, argumentation, data collection and analysis, and written and oral expression.
As a result, a degree in linguistics can provide the foundation for a wide range of jobs and careers (see below for some examples). The field of linguistics is extremely diverse, intersecting with many areas such as anthropology, computer science, engineering, foreign language study, neurology, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and speech & hearing science, among others. What Can I do with a Degree in Linguistics?
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