aojfifjoaisjaiosdj Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Hi everyone. NYU is asking me for my research experience in linguistics, but my only research experience (if that can be considered research) is research to write my honors thesis on semantics, which is 100% theoretical. I just read up on the literature and wrote a reply. I didn't do any lab experiments or anything. 3/6 credits of my honors thesis in my school are used for research, but does theoretical stuff count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxtini Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Everthing that expands the current knowledge is considered as research, even if it is theoretical. I don't know much about linguistics, but certainly Einstein's work on Theory of relativity counts as research despite no experiments (when it was published) conducted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylogician Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 does theoretical stuff count? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rising_star Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 If you're writing an honors thesis, you're certainly doing research! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aojfifjoaisjaiosdj Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Thanks! I just thought it'd be lame to say "well I read a lot of philosophy of language over the internet during the summer." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylogician Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Thanks! I just thought it'd be lame to say "well I read a lot of philosophy of language over the internet during the summer." Yes, well, don't say it like that. You are doing research for your honors thesis on X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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