语言学的英语专业硕士学位是理论上的，它为语言学的主要子领域提供了坚实的基础：语音学，语法和语义学。集中精力将语言学课程与语言学习的某些相关领域的课程相结合，例如将英语作为第二语言进行教学，双语教学或外语教学。本课程旨在为学生准备在这些领域之一的教学或博士学位工作做准备。大多数毕业生讲语言-他们是大学，成人教育计划和公立学校系统中的ESL讲师。语言学家还被医院聘用为语言和语言治疗师。他们可能会在行业中担任计算语言学家的职位，负责处理机器对语言的理解。其他职业机会包括自动翻译，语音识别和创建品牌。
The MA in English concentration in linguistics is theoretically oriented and provides a solid foundation in the major subfields of linguistics: phonology, syntax, and semantics. The concentration combines courses in linguistics with courses in some related areas of language study, such as teaching English as a second language, bilingual education, or foreign language teaching. This course of study is designed to prepare students for teaching in one of these fields or for doctoral work.Most graduates teach language?they are ESL instructors at colleges, adult education programs, and in public school systems. Linguists are also employed in hospitals as speech and language therapists. They might hold positions in industry as computational linguists, dealing with language understanding by machines. Other career opportunities include automatic translation, speech recognition, and brand-name creation.