Misconceptions about Linguistics

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1. Are you happy for choosing linguistics as a field in university(do you have enough money and happy ? ) ? I mean , I was forced to study in mathematics but I wanna be a linguist . The reason I was forced was "there are no job and I can learn language in classes!"

2. Hey, I really liked this video. It was really informative and clear. This is why I wanted to ask if you could make a video about the different branches of linguistics. I am interested in studying linguistics but only in one paticular topic, which is basically how language is percieved. But so far I haven't been able to find reliable information on how something like that is called so that I can actually go ahead and look into studying that. So I think a video on the different branches of linguistics would be really helpful. Would be really thankful I you would do that. 🙂

3. how to be linguist without formal education in linguistics

4. What an awesome video, thanks and greetings from Colombia.

5. "We love languages", turn that into a t-shirt.

6. I landed here while looking for ideas for my MA thesis research in applied linguistics (Spanish learnt by Korean natives). The "how it affects social behavior" part sounds good but…any idea?

7. I was thinking of studying linguistics. I will, I think. Great video. Nice execution.

8. Hi , my name is Alison , I am currently studying Linguistics in South Africa. I have always been intrigued by the various forms of language, phonetics and syntax we all use on a daily basis and it has given me much desire to pursue a career within the field itself. However , I was not sure as to what exactly I should do within this field but after watching your video, You have truly given me some insight as to what I can do with my degree and thereafter. So for that , I thank you Sir. Keep well and God bless.

9. Hi, great video. Question: can a person who studied languages (with formal conceptions related to linguistic) be considered a linguist?

10. This video is a godsend! Thanks so much!

11. thank you sir for this video..my friends often ask me this questions but i am unable to clear their doubts, but now i can do so…sir please can you make a video on the scope or job offered in linguistics and the exact path to tackle those jobs….

12. "if a linguist corrects your grammar, it's not because he or she is a linguist. Maybe, they're just bring kind of … obnoxious"
    HAHAHA thank you 🙂 🙂

13. Linguistics
    –> language acquisiton

    .. that's what I'd love to learn 🙂

14. thank you for the perspective! I always think of my linguistics professors when I smell old books 🙂

15. Well i do love formal grammar too

16. Genial. Voy a estudiar lingüística, y de verdad que hay muchos mal entendidos con respecto a esta carrera. Me pasa mucho cuando alguien me pregunta -¿qué quieres estudiar? ¿qué es lingüística? jajaja.

17. will being a polyglot count as a bonus point when applying to a linguistics course at university?

18. YES LINGUISTICS IN EDUCATION! I’m training to be a teacher and HATE when people tell me my Linguistics minor is useless! Not when you want to be an ESL. Love the video❤️

19. Thank you very much. This was really helpful. I have one more question, though. Will linguists have a role to play in the Artificial Intelligence field in the future? Secondly, do I need to have technical expertise besides a linguistics degree to land such a job?

20. When I graduate I plan on getting a bachelor’s degree, getting a TEFL certificate, and then teaching English in various countries. I can’t decide what to get a bachelor’s in though. Do you think it would be a good idea to get a linguistics degree? Would it help with my career?

21. I want to ask you something, Sir. I don’t know if you read comments but I’ll ask anyway.. so, I love languages, I love reading novels, peoms, I love watching movies. I’m Indonesian and now I’m studying English but it’s not a Bachelor degree ( English lit.) its a Diploma, a vocational school. But I really want to study more about books and movies, so I don’t know.. should I re-apply for the Bachelor degree or stay with the Diploma? But on the other hand if I re-apply for it then I’ll graduate in 2022 but if I go with the Diploma I’ll graduate in 2020 which is sooner. And I really want to study abroad but I don’t know if the university in other country have a transfer credit or not. I’m sooo confused, and I really need some advices.. thank you.

22. I'm a linguist

23. In our language, the word "linguistics" is simply the word "language" followed by "study" so few of us would have these mist.

24. Thank you so much. I've decided to study my Master in Socio-Linguistics.

25. I am a linguist from Zimbabwe and I laughed when I watched this video because I recalled the number of times people said to me 'oh so you speak a lot of languages' after I had told them I'm a linguist. At first my colleagues and I used to get angry then we realized we had to raise awareness among the public. Its so sad that linguistics is not given its worth. Language is at the center of all human activities because its what we use to communicate. Because language is everywhere, there are so many language related problems in the world and if linguists all over the world could be given an opportunity to resolve these with their knowledge and expertise the world would become a better place. Thanks for the video.

26. In the Western world the biggest misconception, regarding this issue, is that someone can be called a 'linguist' without speaking Greek. What a joke! It is like a barber who never heard of scissors.

27. Amazing???????

28. Flawless….

29. Thank you! I am hoping to go back to school for linguistics and I am so excited! This is a great video to link to my friends and family who don't quite get what and especially WHY I'm doing this. lol

30. great sermon

31. I like to study linguistics, but do I need to study every aspect of linguistics, such as pronunciation and phonology, lexicology, semantics…?

32. Very good information and expect more from you on the topic semantics.

33. Thank you for this video, even if im a few years late thanking you:)
    University is coming soon and ive been confused for years, but now i think ive found something im interested in!

34. I consider myself a linguist, even though I don't actually have a degree. I admit, I question whether or not I have the right to call myself a linguist when I've never taken one linguistic course and never will (primarly because I've never been able to find one, I've actually to explain to people at colleges what linguistics is, its shocking how so few people have heard of it). I've also thought about buying actual linguistic books, but oh my god those things are expensive! I mean, 'the world's writing systems' goes for over $100! And for a linguistics book, that's cheap!

    But I have read up as much as I can online. I specialize in phonology, if it matters. I've been doing this for a decade now, so I would assume I know something by this point.

    I originally got into it because of my fascination with Esperanto. I tried to push it to a bunch of people on a linguistics board (well, more a conlanging board than anything else) and they kept bashing on all its flaws and refused to acknowledge it had any value. Finally, I just said 'well, if you think Esperanto is so flawed, then why don't you make an ideal auxlang yourself?' They insisted over and over again that it couldn't be done, so I decided that I would learn linguistics and do it myself! As for how that idea went, I agree with them now, it is futile -.- Luckily linguistics still holds appeal to me, even if I don't really have a use for it.

35. Hey ! I would like to know if gravity influences the way we speak and produce sounds ,thank you ?✨

36. You just got a subscriber from Brazil (who is a linguist)

37. What's your advice for a high schooler who would want to pursue a career path in linguistics? Great video btw.

38. Thank you so much, (YOUR LINGUIST YOU HAVE TO ELABORATE THIS POINT …) this is what i heard daily it is makes me somehow worried ,even they makes me feel like go and study more and more because (I AM LINGUISTS)

39. I found this clip informative

40. can u recommend an interesting book about linguistics for beginners

41. I like his positive attitude on it.

42. Linguistics is a great major, but you have to make sure that your program teaches the courses that would actually get you a job like Computational Linguistics, Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, and Corpus Linguistics; these are the courses that tech companies look for when hiring linguists to their teams. However, you won't get these courses if you go to most public and state universities. I went to the UC system in California, I majored in Linguistics, got a Master's, but cannot find a job because my program lacked the courses mentioned above. Only major in this field if you can make it into a Ph.d program, otherwise this is a degree with NO FUTURE.

43. This degree is only useful if you double major in Computer Science. Otherwise, it is a useless degree.

44. There are a couple other career options that people seem to always forget. The first one is working at a police station as a forensic linguist. You basically help to distinguish what's an actual threat and what is not based on the use of language. You can also work at schools in different ways than just a teacher. A lot of people have language disorders like dyslexia for example. You can help them as a linguist by giving them extra exercises and rules that'll help them. There are also a lot of linguists working in hospitals with people with aphasia and other neurological disorders that affect speech or the processing of language.
    Linguistics are honestly so broad, you'll find us fucking anywhere.

45. Read "The Singing Neanderthal"

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