求定位 语言学PHD申请

blackfish87UID: 2766343

先说说自己的背景

zju本科毕业，major:english GPA:84....今年要去CUHK读一个CLLA的MA，GRE十月考，无论文发表。。。

想请教一下GTER上的前辈们，像我这种GPA不怎么样，又没论文发表的，是不是申美国PHD很难啊。。。。

由于个人原因 本人比较想去弗吉尼亚州附近的大学 希望大家可以帮我定位一下，感激不尽~~

节俭的D同学UID: 2625249

很难

ask1988627UID: 2589698

不错，至少比我强：）看你想不想要奖了，求AD还是够用的。只是，弗吉尼亚州附近的学校都是语言学的牛校.

blackfish87UID: 2766343

但是如果PHD不要奖的话，，，5年多的费用都自己出啊。。。= =

节俭的D同学UID: 2625249

但是如果PHD不要奖的话，，，5年多的费用都自己出啊。。。= =
blackfish87 发表于 2010-7-15 23:10

一般来说2年拿不到奖的人都会谋求转学或者拿个MASTER走人了

blackfish87UID: 2766343

哦~谢谢了 就怕AD都拿不到啊。。。。

fallingskyUID: 2684657

哦~谢谢了 就怕AD都拿不到啊。。。。
blackfish87 发表于 2010-7-16 10:37

phd的AD太不值了，很多学校如果第一年拿不到钱，之后也很有可能拿不到钱
lz拿master的AD没有问题的，不过很多好的语言学项目没有master

blackfish87UID: 2766343

但是再读一个MASTER，我又不太想，所以有点纠结~

ask1988627UID: 2589698

8# blackfish87
那就主要考虑竞争小些的PHD吧，比如Buffalo和Oregon，Indiana等

blackfish87UID: 2766343

谢谢啊~
我去关注一下你说的这几个大学

gregoryhouseUID: 2833455

不知lz是否有参考过语言学的排名等相关信息？以下是语言学教授Hammer对美国语言学项目的看法，希望有帮助:-)
***began quote***
Usually, linguistics departments are ranked either according to their
doctoral programs, or according to their undergraduate programs.  A
ranking according to master's programs would be quite unusual, and I'm
not sure anyone has ever undertaken the task of doing a serious,
well-researched ranking at this level.

There are good reasons for this:  Hardly anyone pursues a master's
degree in linguistics except as a stepping stone to a doctorate.
Moreover, it is preferable to do one's entire graduate career in the
same department, rather than completing a master's degree at one
university and then transferring to a different university for the
doctorate.  (Most departments require all incoming graduate students
to take a full sequence of master's-level courses and exams as a
preliminary to the doctoral program -- even students who already have
a master's degree from a different university.  This means that
transfer students wind up doing the equivalent of a second master's
degree before they can begin their doctorate!)

In a few specialized cases, it might be reasonable to pursue a
master's degree without planning on going on for a doctorate: for
example, if you are a computer programmer who wants some extra
background in linguistics in order to work on natural language
applications, but who is not planning on a career as a linguist.  But
except in cases like this, my strong recommendation is to plan on
pursuing a doctorate, and choose a university based on its doctoral
program, not its master's program.

Therefore, the ranking below is of doctoral programs in linguistics,
not master's programs.
1. MIT
2. University of Massachusetts
3. Stanford

This is a fairly conventional assessment of the top three.  These
three will also probably be the most competitive programs to get into.

4. UCLA
5. Ohio State

There is less consensus about programs after the top three, but UCLA
and Ohio State would be near the top of anyone's list, I think.  These
are both large departments, in which one can receive a quality
education in almost any subfield of linguistics.

6. Rutgers
7. UC Santa Cruz

Rutgers and Santa Cruz are smaller, more focused departments, with an
emphasis on core areas of theoretical linguistics.

8. USC
9. University of Pennsylvania
10. Cornell University

At this level, there would be a lot of disagreement, but USC, Penn and
Cornell are all very good, well-regarded departments.

Some other departments that would also rank highly, and probably make
it into some linguists' assessment of the top ten (in no particular
order): UC San Diego, Maryland, NYU, Illinois, Arizona, Berkeley,
Georgetown.

*** End Quote ***

Good luck with your program selection!

gregoryhouseUID: 2833455

另外，我想语言学phd的就业短期来看并非乐观，即使从MIT语言部门新毕业的phd通常也只能找到十分一般的教职工作，并有小部分是非tenure-track的。以此推论的话其他语言项目毕业之phd前景会比较灰暗。但从另一个角度来看，这也许会使得各校（特别是非牛校）的语言学项目给出足够的资金支持phd candidates，在录取上也许会乐观些也不一定。

Cindy1959UID: 3122228

请问AD 是什么意思呀。。。