Okay, who can advise on the statement of purpose and it's specificity?
Do you need to have your thesis subject ready to go, or is there wiggle room? Honestly, there is so much that I love about linguistics, I feel as though I could go in so many directions, or hone in on so many different language families, I don't have one topic I am hellbent on exploring. Do I just need to have a general subfield I am interested in, and go from there? Am I allowed to say I have a few different ideas? Or do I more or less need the topic of the dissertation ready to go?