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    racataca got a reaction from Dwr in Finally going to start preparing for PhD apps -- where should I apply??   
    So I am finally graduating with my MA after a million years of being in thesis limbo, and am looking at my next step, which is hopefully a doctorate. 
    My thesis was on theories of language evolution and whether language and music evolved from a similar proto-musical faculty (looking at a lot of work by Jackendoff, Fitch, etc.), and tested the capacity of both Korean and non-Korean speakers to correctly interpret non-propositional information found in the rising intonation necessary to make a certain type of polar interrogative in Korean (where there is no syntactical or morphological change to indicate it's an interrogative).  Spoiler alert: everyone knows when your voice goes up, you're asking a question.* 
    Anyway, I'm interested in continuing that type of work, but am also interested in the semantic processing of late second language learners, code switching, identity performance, and Korean linguistics in general (although I'm about an intermediate speaker).  I speak Spanish fluently, was a Peace Corps volunteer, have a 4.0 in my MA program, a 3.4 in my undergrad (rough), have taught ESL/EFL for a combined 8 years and have been teaching linguistics and pedagogy at a TEFL certification course for the past year.  I also presented a pretty mediocre paper re: Twitter, One Direction fans, and identity construction at a conference where I accidentally got into an argument with Mary Bucholz. 
    I don't know how competitive I am as an applicant (haven't been published, my undergrad GPA isn't amazing), nor do I know what my dissertation would be on, but I want to roll around in linguistics research for the rest of my life, and I want to teach it to other people and impart passion into them too.  
    So GradCafe people, I'm reaching out to you -- do you know of any programs off the top of your head you'd recommend?  I know I should try for the best program possible with the most funding, but I'm trying to keep it realistic given my credentials.  My professors are gunning for me, but surprise, I'm a millennial woman with major Imposter Syndrome. ?
    *you know, barring all the other environments that would force rising intonation
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