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Program Linguistics

Program-specific competencies Program-specific competencies are the knowledge, skills and attributes that are valuable in your specific program area—from microbiology to mechanical engineering to music and everything in between! These competencies can help you describe your skills and experience—and demonstrate your value to employers on your résumé and in interviews.

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Program Linguistics

Program-specific competencies Program-specific competencies are the knowledge, skills and attributes that are valuable in your specific program area—from microbiology to mechanical engineering to music and everything in between! These competencies can help you describe your skills and experience—and demonstrate your value to employers on your résumé and in interviews.

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What competencies do linguistics students gain?

Linguistics
Program-specific competencies
Competencies are the skills, knowledge and attributes gained through every work, educational, volunteer
and life experience. UVic students in Linguistics develop the following program-specific competencies.

Phonetics and phonology


Examines and classifies the inventories of sounds found in human languages
• Describes how the human vocal tract is used to create sounds
• Describes the physical and acoustic properties of sounds produced by the human vocal tract
• Describes the properties of specific sounds
• Explains how sounds can change in different contexts
• Explains how sounds are used to distinguish meaning
• Describes the limits on the combinations of sounds in words

Morphology and syntax


Examines and explains how words are formed and how words are put together to form sentences

• Identifies the smallest meaningful units of language


• Analyzes the internal structure of words
• Analyzes those properties of words which determine their role in sentences
• Analyzes the relations between different elements of sentences
• Analyzes the meaning conveyed by sentence structure

Semantics
Examines how language conveys meaning
• Analyzes how words and their components convey meaning
• Analyzes how the relations between and among words convey meaning
• Analyses how sentences and their structures convey meaning

Historical linguistics
Examines how and why languages change through time

• Explores the possible origins of language


• Reconstructs languages that are no longer living
Psycholinguistics
Examines how cognition and language are related

• Analyzes how we produce and understand spoken and written language


• Analyzes how children and adults learn language
• Analyzes the pathologies that affect language use

Sociolinguistics
Examines the way language is used by speakers

• Describes the different dialects of languages


• Explores how and why different social contexts, such as gender or class difference, affect language
use

Anthropological linguistics
Examines the relation between language and culture

• Analyzes the extent to which language affects our view of the world
• Analyzes the extent to which culture shapes the language we use

Applied linguistics
Examines how linguistics can be used to contribute to the teaching and learning of languages
• Demonstrates understanding of the structures of language
• Demonstrates understanding of the theoretical background of language acquisition
• Demonstrates understanding of the principles of language teaching
• Teaches English to speakers of other languages

UVic Co-op and Career worked with the UVic Linguistics Department to develop this competency document.

Discover career resources and support at www.uvic.ca/coopandcareer


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