Emma Halverson is studying Linguistics, with a Latin minor.<\/p>\n
I originally ended up in the introductory Latin course because I thought I might be interested in classical languages like Latin and Greek. As it turns out, I\u2019m definitely interested. I\u2019ve really fallen in love with Latin and the history surrounding it.<\/p>\n
Latin has contributed to my pursuit of a linguistics degree because there\u2019s some overlap in the terminology that\u2019s used in both disciplines. In my linguistics courses, it\u2019s been really satisfying to come across a grammatical term I\u2019m already familiar with because of Latin. Latin has also overlapped and connected with my art history studies. I\u2019ve taken multiple art history courses that revolve around time periods when Latin was important, and understanding the language has been incredibly helpful in understanding the culture and the art of the time. I love being able to look at a piece of medieval art and read what the Latin says.<\/p>\n
My language studies have led me in a surprising but welcomed new direction because I didn\u2019t know how much I enjoyed learning about classics until I started studying Latin. I\u2019m interested in old, dusty things like historical linguistics and dead languages, but until I started in Latin, I didn\u2019t realize how much. Going to graduate school for classics has become a dream of mine. A great experience I\u2019ve had in my study of Latin is participating with other students in the Historia Scholastia<\/em> Project. In one of my classes, the students had the opportunity to visit Albertsons Library and see Boise State\u2019s copy of the Historia Scholastica<\/em> in the Special Collections. Looking at a book that was created hundreds of years ago, and then later translating the words there, was an amazing experience.<\/p>\n One unexpected benefit I\u2019ve gotten from studying Latin is that my knowledge of English grammar has expanded and clarified. I finally really know the difference between a gerund and a participle, and, because of Latin case marking, I\u2019m never going to confuse \u201cwho\u201d and \u201cwhom\u201d again. I\u2019ve also discovered that I enjoy sharing the language with others and being a part of the Latin Language community. I\u2019ve had the opportunity to work as the Latin lab tutor, and I\u2019ve really loved helping people study the language.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Emma Halverson is studying Linguistics, with a Latin minor. I originally ended up in the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":608,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n