Linguistics Technician
As a Linguistics Technician, you provide a foundation for translation and language development work by collecting, organizing, and analyzing linguistic data through interaction with speakers of a local language community. Typically, you assist in the production of grammatical and phonological sketches, basic discourse analysis, a beginning dictionary and text collection. You normally work as part of an established team or under the supervision of a more experienced linguist.
Courses (7 courses, 21 sem. hours. Note that all 400 level courses can be taken for 500 level graduate credit)
| LING-210 Language and Society | 3 Sem. Hours | Fall, Spring, Summer |
| LING-210 Language and Society – ONLINE VERSION | 3 Sem. Hours | OL, Intersession |
| LING-310 Articulatory Phonetics | 3 Sem. Hours | Fall, Spring, Summer |
| LING-330 Phonological Analysis | 3 Sem. Hours | Fall, Spring, Summer |
| LING-360 Morphosyntax I | 3 Sem. Hours | Fall, Summer |
| LING-470 Language and Culture Acquisition: Theory & Praxis | 3 Sem. Hours | Fall |
| LING-480 Field Methods: Data Management & Analysis | 3 Sem. Hours | Fall, Spring |
| LING-481 Anthropological Linguistics: Ethnography | 3 Sem. Hours | Fall, Spring, Summer |
Test Courses List 2
| LING-401 TESOL Teaching Practicum | 1 Sem. Hour | Fall, Spring, Summer |
| LING-480 Internship in Field Linguistics | 6 Sem. Hours | Summer |
Field Linguist
Working as a Field Linguist, you support one or more aspects of language development programs by planning, organizing, and conducting linguistic research in local communities, providing direction so that community and other team members can be a part of the effort and effectively contribute to the research.
You prepare reports of your findings, archive your data, publish your results in technical journals, and facilitate the production of other materials beneficial to both academia and the community including grammars, dictionaries and collections of local stories and texts.
Courses (11 courses, 33 sem. hours. Note that all 400 level courses can be taken for 500 level graduate credit)
| LING-210 Language and Society | 3 Sem. Hours | Fall, Spring, Summer |
| LING-210 Language and Society – ONLINE VERSION | 3 Sem. Hours | OL, Intersession |
| LING-310 Articulatory Phonetics | 3 Sem. Hours | Fall, Spring, Summer |
| LING-330 Phonological Analysis | 3 Sem. Hours | Fall, Spring, Summer |
| LING-360 Morphosyntax I | 3 Sem. Hours | Fall, Summer |
| LING-460 Morphosyntax II | 3 Sem. Hours | Fall, Summer |
| LING-470 Language and Culture Acquisition: Theory & Praxis | 3 Sem. Hours | Fall |
| LING-480 Field Methods: Data Management & Analysis | 3 Sem. Hours | Fall, Spring |
| LING-481 Anthropological Linguistics: Ethnography | 3 Sem. Hours | Fall, Spring, Summer |
| LING-486 Advanced Phonological Analysis | 3 Sem. Hours | Spring |
| LING-491 Discourse Analysis | 3 Sem. Hours | Fall, Spring |
| LING-493 Semantics and Pragmatics – ONLINE ONLY | 3 Sem. Hours | Fall, Spring, OL |
Translation Specialist
As a Translation specialist, you will engage with local communities to support translation of materials such as Scripture, medical, agricultural and educational materials into the local language. You oversee each step of the translation process, from initial exegesis of source material to draft to publication or media production of the final translation in the vernacular. Together with the language community, you will use a variety of methods to assess the naturalness, accuracy, clarity, and acceptability of the translated materials.
Courses (13 courses, 39 sem. hours) + Bible and Theology courses . Note that all 400 level courses can be taken for 500 level graduate credit.
| LING-401 TESOL Teaching Practicum | 1 Sem. Hour | Fall, Spring, Summer |
| LING-480 Internship in Field Linguistics | 6 Sem. Hours | Summer |