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Surviving linguistics: a guide for graduate students.

Publication: Southwest Journal of Linguistics
Publication Date: 01-DEC-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Surviving linguistics: a guide for graduate students.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Surviving linguistics: a guide for graduate students. By MONICA MACAULAY. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press 2006. Pp. 143.

Anyone beginning graduate studies in linguistics or considering studying linguistics at the graduate level should own Surviving Linguistics by Monica Macaulay. In lucid language Macaulay covers everything from applying to graduate school to applying for jobs. In between, she gives wonderful guidance in the important aspects of writing in linguistics, obtaining funding, and presenting at conferences.

While many linguistics departments do give guidance to incoming first year graduate students, rarely do they give as comprehensive a guide to all of these aspects of being a graduate student and surviving linguistics. Most departments do give students an understanding of departmental policies, at the very least, but rarely is any guidance given to students in how to...

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