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What is Caribbean linguistics?

April 26, 2017caribbean Linguistics

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What is Caribbean linguistics?

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A. See SCL member and SCL past president Hubert Devonish’s article on Caribbean linguistics. • Q24. What can I do with linguistics? . A. Linguistics is foundational to these fields: • Linguistic Research • Language Survey(s) • Lexicography (dictionary making) • Speech pathology • Voice coaching • ESP (English for Special Purposes), including ELT (English Language Teaching) • Translation Linguistics is valuable in these fields: • Advertising (including New Product Naming) • Communication • Computer Industry (Speech Synthesis and Speech Recognition) • Education (Teaching, Planning, Policy) • Foreign Language Learning • Information Processing • Interpreting • Journalism and writing • Literature and Literary Criticism • Literacy • Publishing and editing • Speech and hearing • Speech therapy • Technical writing • Writing Consultancy Linguistics can be useful in these fields: • Law • Library Science • Neurosciences • Philosophy • Public Relations (Information flow) See UWI, St. Augustine’s s