Linguistics Unit

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Linguistics ​
Why study Linguistics? Linguistics is the scientific study of language. In Linguistics we study very interesting topics: Where does language come from? How is language structured? How do we store and access language in our brains? How does a language change over time? How do we use language in the real world? How do we understand one another? And many more …
Possible Careers include:
· Education – teaching of English to speakers of other

languages;

· Training;

· Research and administration;

· Business Communication and the Public sector;

· Market Research;

· Interpreting and Translating;

· Academic Career.

Majors and elective modules to combine with your major include: Anthropology; Afrikaans, Development Studies; English, French, IsiZulu, Language Practice; Modern Greek; Politics and International Relations; Public Management and Governance; Sepedi and/or Sociology.

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