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Linguistics
The science of language: sounds, grammar, meaning, language change and computational linguistics.
Who it suits
IAC
- Thinker: analysing, researching, figuring out why
- Creator: expressing, designing, imagining
- Organiser: structure, data, precision
Students here tend to be a bit more curious than average.
Builds on
Native language & literature ●●●Foreign languages ●●●
Where it leads
Computational linguist · Speech technologist · Lexicographer · Language researcher
US median earnings, one year after a bachelor’s
$26,862
College Scorecard, US Department of Education
824 programmes tracked
🇩🇪 Germany 303🇺🇸 United States 253🇨🇭 Switzerland 121🇫🇷 France 74🇫🇮 Finland 29🇦🇺 Australia 26🇦🇹 Austria 18
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