I got to attend other conferences as well to practice explaining myĮventual dissertation topic – converbs in Sylheti.īeen accepted to the University of Frankfurt to do a PhD in comparative We hosted a Sylheti language conference as well as published a Sylheti Research with people – ethics, research methods, etc. Was called) where we spent a lot of time discussing practical matters of doing Instance, I had classes on syntax (specifically looking at Lexical Functional Grammar),įield methods, descriptive linguistics, and applied documentation (I think it Program (1 calendar year) so my subjects were all linguistics related.
This was a more specialized degree and a shorter Had my Japanese language courses and, since it was a liberal arts education,Ĭlasses on a variety of other subjects including acting classes, art classes,ĭegree, I went to SOAS, University of London for an MA in Languageĭocumentation and Description. Though – which I don’t remember the name of now – had to do with conlangingĪnd natural language processing. Linguistics and even language documentation, among many others) and had a
IĪlso got to study applied linguistics (which as I remember was an interestingĬlass that overviewed many areas of linguistic application including forensic Phonetic Alphabet, or IPA), phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Of the “core” topics such as phonetics (where I learned the International University of Pittsburgh for undergrad and studied linguistics as my major, You can find out more about Sarah’s research and her transcription work on her website, or follow her on Twitter SDopierala). I guess then there’s an extra lesson from this month’s interview the longer you’re around as a linguist, and the more connections you make, the more interesting pathways your career can take you on ( The Helsinki Bus Station Theory for linguists) In fact, it was Emily who put us back in touch when we were on the look out for a new transcriptionist.
Sarah and I were at SOAS at the same time, and Sarah was in the same MA program as last month’s interviewee, Exhibition Content Manager Emily Gref. A few of us wrangled transcripts for a while, but it’s been an absolute delight having Sarah Dopierala on the team, turning our spoken words into written words. They’re so useful for people who can’t listen, people who would refer to read, and for when I want a quick reminder of what we covered in an interview (they’re also very handy for training a bot to take over the show). When we started Lingthusiasm, I knew that transcripts had to be an essential part of the show.
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