刚结束和NYU Linguistics的Skype interview 我的背景是McGill BA in Linguistics with honours 我申请了四所语言学的PhD program，以往这几所据我所知很少做interview 这似乎是NYU今年新加入的审核方式，所有进入shortlist的人都会被interview 和我访谈的人是Richard Kayne(!)和一个年轻教授 他们有webcam，我穿的很随便就没装了 板上比较少申请语言学的人，趁记忆犹新分享一下我们聊了什麽 他们没有要我自我介绍，一开始是要我讨论一下我undergrad thesis的内容 我一开始有点不稳，讲的有点乱 不过Kayne问了一个我可以完全掌握的问题之後就比较冷静下来了 之後谈了很多我的田调经验，他们对我这麽早就有田调经验似乎很感兴趣 包括我为什麽选择做泰雅语，还有田调通常是如何进行等等 另外因为很多语言学Ph.D. program的两个qualifying paper是要做不同领域的 我主要是做句法，他们问我有没有想过另外一个paper可能的主题是什麽 我刚好上学期做了syntax/semantics interface的东西(comparatives) 我田调时也好奇有问了几个句子，所以我就稍微谈了一下这一部份 此外也顺便提到我现在在中研院当RA，还有我一些和少数语言有关的非学术经验 整个访谈其实是满轻松的，也不时有笑声，Kayne还问我会不会喜欢纽约(我其实不喜欢XD) 以下是我问的几个问题，他们回答的相当的详尽 1. How many graduate students are you advising now? What are they working on? 2. What kind of syntax research is going on in the department? 3. Will the students have an opportunity to work as a TA and when? 4. How much freedom do students have in choosing their research topics? 5. Does the department expect students to focus on one main area or does it expect students to be a bit more versatile? 6. How's the field method course like in the dept? What kind of languages have you investigted in the past? 以下是我准备好但後来没问的问题 1. What are the faculty-faculty and student-faculty collaboration like in the department? (没问这个因为他们间接回答了) 2. How big is the entering class on average? How many students graduate every year on average? Of those who dropped out, what were the reasons? 3. What proportion of the alumni continues to work as a professor or a full-time researcher in linguistics? What are your most recent PhDs doing? 4. How many people in the department do fieldwork regularly? (也回答了) 5. What are the things in my profile that you're most interested about? 6. How many international students are there in the department? 7. How big are the classes offered by the dept? (应该愈小愈好) 8. How many years does it take on average to finish the program? 9. Are there reading groups that discuss specific topics regularly? How often does the dept invite speakers from other schools? 10. Do professors teach undergraduate courses regularly? (If no, 代表学生的TA load会很重) 11. How and when do I choose an adviser on a more permanent basis? 12. Is the stipend sufficient to cover both the tuition and most of the living expenses? 13. Are there any summer grant that students can apply to, e.g. grant for doing fieldwork? 以上分享 --

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