Employing Linguistics

Thinking and Talking About Careers for Linguists

Dr Anna Marie Trester (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2022
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-13795-0 (ISBN)

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Using insights drawn from the experiences of professional linguists working in a range of domains, this book is an essential resource to help you recognize the value and relevance of your skills and training as a linguist in the job market. No matter where you are in your career – just starting a first job or reflecting back on 30 years – this book provides an interpretive frame for catalyzing momentum around what comes next.

Encouraging you to approach your career with agency and curiosity, Anna Marie Trester details the myriad ways that linguists can contribute meaningfully to the world of work. Exploring the connections between linguistics as a field of study and a way of thinking, she details the ways in which the powerful observational and analytical skills and abilities cultivated by a background in linguistics can be employed in a diverse range of professional workspaces. With activities, exercises, and a review of career literature, Employing Linguistics helps you seek and create opportunities as you choose what challenges to focus on next.

Anna Marie Trester is the founder of Career Linguist, a blog and resource center for career exploration. She previously taught and directed a professionally-oriented M.A. Program in Linguistics at Georgetown University, USA.

Introduction
1. Getting Started
2. Talking about Work, Talk at Work
3. Where Preparation meets Opportunity
4. Showing your Work
5. Building Community
Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	11.02.2022
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	386 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik
	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	1-350-13795-2 / 1350137952
ISBN-13	978-1-350-13795-0 / 9781350137950
Zustand	Neuware