Re: OT: Linguistics Study

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:50:11 -0700, David Peterson <dedalvs@...>
wrote:

>On Jul 20, 2007, at 4:43 AM, And Rosta wrote:
>
>> Jeffrey Jones, On 20/07/2007 08:47:
>>> I've run into a major snag (besides the financial issue): all the
>>> linguistics departments I've looked into require three letters of
>>> recommendation. My undergraduate degrees were obtained twenty-five
>>> years ago. Any ideas?
>>
>> Unless America is different from Britain, I would advise finding
>> out which member of the linguistics staff is in charge of
>> admissions, and contacting them to explain that you're very
>> interested in linguistics & in studying on their programme, but you
>> have run into this major snag. If the place treats students
>> properly, they'll sort out the snag for you. If they don't sort out
>> the snag, then you can find somewhere better to study.
>
>Sound, sound advice.  They might do one of the following:
>
>(1) Waive the requirement.
>(2) Ask for letters from a current or recent employer.
>(3) Reduce the number of letters.
>
>It should be able to be worked out, though.
>
>-David
Unfortunately, I haven't worked much in several years, due to my disability
(which I forgot to mention in my original post, sorry!) and also because work
opportunities for my specialty (assembly language programming) have
disappeared. I haven't _yet_ been able to track down my supervisors from the
90's.

On another note, one of the admissions requirements is a writing sample,
about 15 pages, ideally about some linguistic topic. Since all I have from my
undergraduate days are musical scores and PL/I programs, and am wary of
submitting my Naisek grammar, I'll have to write something. Any ideas about
what topic may be web-researchable?

Jeff
http://qiihoskeh.googlepages.com/home

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