LINGUISTIC - A DIFFERENT CAREER

Linguistic is a study topic which provides good job opportunities like forensic science, computer programming, speech language pathology, teaching, research, translation, technical writer, medical transcription which is also very beneficial to the society.  Preparing a dictionary for the languages that doesn’t have a script is also the job of the linguistics.

This is a scientific study of language. The main branch of this is to be divided into three main divisions.

1. Synchronic and Diachronical: Diachronic emphasizes the evolution and development of the language while Synchronic emphasizes the current state of the language.

2. Theoretical and Practical: Practical Linguistic gives importance to its application while studying the structure of the language is the area of theoretical linguistic.  

Theoretical linguistics has subdivisions such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, stylistics, and pragmatics.

3. Contextual Linguistics: It emphasis the study of how language is related to anthropology, psychology, philosophy, and medicine.

Courses:

Graduate, Post Graduate Degree and Research Degree courses are available. After completing plus two in any stream one can join for a degree course in linguistic.  Graduates can join the MA.

Institutions:

1.      EFLU (http://www.efluniversity.ac.in/) : Two years M. A  Linguistic and MA English with specialization with Linguistic

2.      Delhi University (http://www.du.ac.in/du/):   M A Linguistic, Diploma and Advanced Diploma

3.      Jawaharlal Nehru University (https://www.jnu.ac.in/):   MA linguistic

4.    Aligarh Muslim University (https://www.amu.ac.in/):   BA (Honors), Diploma, Certificate Course

5.      University of Kerala (https://www.keralauniversity.ac.in/):  M. A linguistic, M. A Applied Linguistics

6. Annamalai University (http://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in):  M. A linguistic (Distant Education)

These professionals who can works in a wide variety of fields, such as teaching, crime investigation, computer sciences, and neurosciences,  has a lot of opportunities in India and abroad.