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In most of the English speaking world a degree in English would include no linguistics[1] and courses in historical literature would not be offered in the Histo
by barry-cotter 7y ago
In most of the English speaking world a degree in English would include no linguistics[1] and courses in historical literature would not be offered in the History department nor would the History department accept them for credit.
Look at the Oxford curriculum. All literature.
https://www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/english-reading-list https://www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate-admiss...
[1] Unless you think studying only English grammar, morphology, syntax etc. qualifies as studying linguistics, in which case you’re wrong. Linguistics is about the study of language, not the study of a language.
- senderista 7y agoI dunno, I was required to take an introductory linguistics course for my Spanish degree and I assume that applies to English as well.
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- BossingAround 7y ago> Unless you think studying only English grammar, morphology, syntax etc. qualifies as studying linguistics, in which case you’re wrong The idea that as soon as you're studying linguistics of a particular language, you're not studying linguistics at all seems deeply flawed. Does studying applied math not count at studying math? Or, is studying the physics of light in crystals not really studying physics? What I agree with is that if you decide to study linguistics, that doesn't mean you speak foreign languages (a common misunderstanding in largely monolingual countries, such as the USA). You study how the languages function, and how they are formed, linguistically speaking. But, studying linguistics of English surely counts as studying linguistics.