What is a linguist doing all day?

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In this video I talk about my work as a linguist at a university. The four main parts of my work are teaching, research, admin, and outreach. I also discuss the pros and cons of this type of work.
0:00 What do linguists do?
2:12 Linguistics in industry
2:51 Linguistics at a university
3:19 Teaching
4:21 Research
5:08 Getting research funding
6:47 Peer review
7:44 Conferences
8:38 University administration
13:09 Outreach
14:20 Pro 1: meaningful work
15:30 Pro 2: learning new things
16:18 Pro 3: freedom and flexibility
17:17 Con 1: difficult planning
18:39 Con 2: work-life balance
19:30 Con 3: reviewer 2
21:00 Wrap-up

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@parhamzargar2440 2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately linguistics is one the most underrated and somehow neglected fields on the Internet and what you do Sir is highly valuable to me and other linguistics students who are trying to make a progress in this field. Hope to see more updates in this channel. With lots of love from Iran 💜🌏🌹

@MartinHilpert 2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for the kind words, and best wishes to you!

@nadabenboubaker6825 Жыл бұрын

Not anymore, actually it's high in demand nowadays! Many IT and AI companies are recruiting linguists for linguistic data generation, there are even some new master programs about linguistic data analysis for both who want to study linguistics from scratch and those who already did!

@CuriousJayDiscover 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see your update again, thanks ❤

@chadi6105 2 жыл бұрын

It’s always a pleasure to see a new video of yours :) Thank you, specially for the pro-cons part.

@mariak4792 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video! Great insight into not only linguistics specific career path, but also into the academic field as a whole. Very helpful as I'm choosing between industry and academia.

@Fatima-ji7hc 2 жыл бұрын

Really interesting! 🌺 I've watched and learned from your videos a lot , appreciate it ❤️

@sidyseydi4448 Күн бұрын

VERY INTERESTING CONTENT

@servantrose 2 жыл бұрын

100% loved this, especially the pros and cons. Thank you so much for making this video before I make that step. My goal is to do exactly what you do and work at a university. but yes there is risk in a small field.

@vislee9386 2 жыл бұрын

Time just flied while watching your talking about your job field. I am really impressed how frankly you presented...especially pros and cons..reviewer2...haha. Thank u for sharing your daily routines as a linguist! i do enjoy and feel emphasized😊

@Klissaura Жыл бұрын

Martin thanks alot. This is an insight ful video ❤

@primahadiwijaya 2 жыл бұрын

It’s been a while, Martin! Con 2 couldn’t be more accurate these days.

@ulfahdirham8221 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making this video, it is so useful... All your videos are priceless. English is my heart, really love learning the language since I was younger. I'd love to be a linguist like you, someday, for sure... I always look up to you & really like your accent. Once again, big thanks 🙏🙏🙏.

@ulfahdirham8221 2 жыл бұрын

I'm looking forward to watching your new videos ❤

@ETU20070050 2 жыл бұрын

Martin, Welcome back! surprise update in this lockdown day.

@MartinHilpert 2 жыл бұрын

Good to hear from you Ming! I hope everything is well with you and your family.

@fukkyouthatswhy 2 жыл бұрын

heyyy martin long time!, welcome back!

@user-gh1nj2dz3m 4 ай бұрын

I do like linguistics too and linguists do a great job and are fascinated.

@d.assawasrs1254 2 жыл бұрын

I am a doing an MA in Linguistics. U inspire me a lot.

@prabh_644 Жыл бұрын

Hello sir ! I'm doing Post graduation in English , please tell me that after m.a English can I do linguistics ?

@munisashakhova1603 Жыл бұрын

Thank for such an informative video! Could you please also explain how a new bachelor’s program or faculty that is created by a university will be accredited and how long does it take?

@yakoutbentaleb6058 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making this video, I have a question pls , How each level of analysis corresponds to each level of the structure of language?

@user-zr2zr5wo6j 2 жыл бұрын

thanks a lot for your sharing😋

@waqasali-so8bj 2 жыл бұрын

You are very moderate when talking about yourself! Thanks for sharing your precious knowledge on linguistics. I am doing Master in Cross-cultural German and Chinese Studies. Would be lucky to find a kind supervisor like you for my PhD after graduation. I have great interest in Semitics, critical discourse analysis, CDA, sociolinguistics, Neurolinguistics (need to narrow my interest fields first)

@MartinHilpert 2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for the kind words!

@rem8908 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Sir! Wanted to ask what is the difference between an MA in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics?

@madhurawagh1382 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Sir, I have a Master's in Linguistics. I want to pursue a PhD in Linguistics. I am interested in Pragmatics and Cognitive Linguistics. Could you please guide me for a topic in research on the above areas.

@morganyin1983 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! 😄🥰

@naimashii 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Professor! So nice to see you back posting! I'm currently a High School student and is very interested to learn and excel in Linguistic. Do you have any book recommendation for me to read as a basic knowledge in Linguistic? One more thing, I'm still struggling to explain to people what examples does a degree in Linguistic do. I appreciate it if you could explain shortly what Linguistic degree could do. Thanks!!

@adamlavicka3721 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I can tell you out of my own experience that starting with reading something like George Yule - The Study of Language can provide you with a solid insight of various fields and branches of linguistics that you might be interested in and which you could potentially pursue at university. Yule provides a really solid take on linguistic issues, and that book might as well sort of tell you whether you want to study linguistics or not. Good luck.

@naimashii 2 жыл бұрын

@@adamlavicka3721 Thanks so much! Is it available in an EBook version? Where can I buy it? Thank youu

@fibonacci3844 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe I have missed it so far, but have you ever thought about making your videos availabe in a podcast format as well?

@MartinHilpert 2 жыл бұрын

Good suggestion, I'll think about that! So far, a lot of my content is designed with visual support in mind, but I might branch out to audio-only.

@Aluenvey 4 ай бұрын

In fact the linguist approach rather than the mathmatical approach is how I solve programming tasks. Which seems to confuse a lot of math heads.

@bumble2able 2 жыл бұрын

Martin what different lines of work can a linguist go down? I did my bachelors and have struggled to find a career what advice would you have? Also Thankyou for your videos, they greatly helped me pass with a 2:2 ☺️👍🏻

@MartinHilpert 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations! Concerning career advice, it happens to many humanities students that they think "but I have no skills". As a consequence, they shy away from applying for certain jobs. It's important to realize that your bachelors actually gave you lots of practical skills, from communication to project management to leadership and analyzing complex problems, and of course the ability to learn new things. My one piece of advice would be to state confidently what you can do and what you are ready to learn. Employers will reward a dynamic "can do" attitude.

@michaelnoname6755 Жыл бұрын

Do you believe every word have history.? Because, I Accidentally thought why word god and dog have same alphabet.? Which one the word was first found.? And why the second word was found use reverse word of the first.? If the word was absorbed from another language, why they keep it.? If anyone know the answer please help me, I really curious about it. I apologize for my bad english. 🙏

@mattreggie4481 Ай бұрын

"What is a linguist doing all day"? Well, if they are working at a university, they would probably be making efforts to get their Ph.D. That's what they are there for, basically.