A degree in linguistics looks at language and how it is used around the world. Graduates leave their degree with the ability to find patterns and analyse the affect that language has when it is spoken, written or heard.
Some career paths that linguistic graduates can consider are:
What is the point of a doctorate in English literature? It’s an easy trap to become deterministic about this question: it is no single thing. To my mind, there are two main reasons to spend four years in speech, word, and thought. One is to do with the field of study itself, and the other with the lifestyle it sustains.
I began my degree completely unacquainted with Italian. After arriving late to my first ever seminar, my tutor asked me in Italian what my name was. I just stared at her until she spoke to me again in English.