chutchens08

Hello everyone! I am currently three years away from graduating with my MA, and will soon be looking for a PhD program, which leads to my current question. In my MA I will graduate with a year of Akkadian, three years of Hebrew, a semester of Ugaritic, and maybe some Aramaic under my belt as well. Even though I have a decent handle on a few Semitic languages, my MA will be concentrated mainly in the field of Linguistics. I am trying to keep my options open, and since there are but a few Comp. Semitic programs in the US (I can only find maybe three) would it be wise to broaden my scope and also apply to schools that have decent general Comp. Linguistic programs and concentrate my research to Ancient Semitic? I have absolutely no problem teaching myself languages, and actually prefer working on languages by myself as opposed to a classroom setting. What would be the strengths and weaknesses of both programs? I, personally am leaning toward Linguistics, but would love to keep my options open as much as possible. Hopefully this makes sense, and hopefully someone can give me some advice.