Should you go to grad school for Japanese? | Ichimon Japan 74

2023-08-21

On this episode of Ichimon Japan we ask: Should you go to grad school for Japanese? Topics Discussed About why we went to grad school Whether you should attend a Japanese focused graduate school program About Japanese linguistics programs The good and bad of doing a master's degree focused on Japanese linguistics About different fields within linguistics (sociolinguistics, syntax, phonology, etc) About attending the University of Hawaii's Japanese language and linguistics M.A....

On this episode of Ichimon Japan we ask: Should you go to grad school for Japanese?

Topics Discussed

About why we went to grad school
Whether you should attend a Japanese focused graduate school program
About Japanese linguistics programs
The good and bad of doing a master's degree focused on Japanese linguistics
About different fields within linguistics (sociolinguistics, syntax, phonology, etc)
About attending the University of Hawaii's Japanese language and linguistics M.A. program
Whether it's worth doing a Phd degree
About attending Phd programs
And much more!

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