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According to the Linguistic Society of America, linguistics majors acquire a variety of important skills in critical thinking, analytical reasoning, research, and oral and written communication. In addition, they obtain specific knowledge in language structure and meaning, second-language acquisition, socio-linguistics and discourse analysis, and computer-mediated communication. These skills and their applications of making arguments, drawing conclusions, and communicating findings to a wider community are in high demand by employers and lend themselves to a wide variety of potential uses within many professional careers. Some fields that you could enter with a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Linguistics include:
- Speech-recognition technology and software development
- Communications
- Forensic Linguistics
- Military Language Instructor (MLI)
- Interpreting and Translating
- Sales and Research in Computer-Mediated Communication
- Marketing
- Journalism
- Language Documentation and Fieldwork
- Publishing (Technical Writing and Journalism)
- Advertising
- Business/Management
- Corporate Training
Discover more information about degree programs in liberal arts at Ashford University.