{"690913":{"#nid":"690913","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Science in Every Sentence","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETo the casual observer, linguistics might seem to be a field obsessed with words. And it is. But there\u2019s nearly as much math and science as humanities in the field\u2019s DNA, making the scientific study of language in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/modlangs.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022(opens in a new window)\u0022\u003ESchool of Modern Languages\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;a natural stop for some STEM-focused students intrigued by the subject\u2019s rigor, and its potential to give them an edge in a tricky job market.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I think of it less as a way to stand out and more as something that opens up work I couldn\u0027t do otherwise,\u201d said computer science major Daniel Huang, who is pursuing a Minor in Linguistics. \u0022It\u2019s relatively easy to train a model with basic coding experience, but few people have training in how to interpret results from a linguistic standpoint, changing the angle from which I\u2019d work on a problem and opening new opportunities for me.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about linguistics at Georgia Tech and how some students are benefitting from these skills in the job market by reading the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/featured-news\/2026\/06\/linguistics-STEM-AI\u0022\u003Efull story\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELearn how linguistics at Georgia Tech is benefitting some students and alumni pursuing STEM careers.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Learn how linguistics at Georgia Tech is benefitting some students and alumni pursuing STEM careers."}],"uid":"34600","created_gmt":"2026-06-25 13:30:04","changed_gmt":"2026-06-25 13:31:29","author":"mpearson34","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-06-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-06-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680513":{"id":"680513","type":"image","title":"modlangs-linguistics-ai-image-final.jpg","body":null,"created":"1782394212","gmt_created":"2026-06-25 13:30:12","changed":"1782394212","gmt_changed":"2026-06-25 13:30:12","alt":"\u0022\u0022","file":{"fid":"264786","name":"modlangs-linguistics-ai-image-final.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/06\/25\/modlangs-linguistics-ai-image-final.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/06\/25\/modlangs-linguistics-ai-image-final.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":963167,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/06\/25\/modlangs-linguistics-ai-image-final.jpg?itok=OVDpyOeM"}}},"media_ids":["680513"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1284","name":"School of Modern Languages"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMichael Pearson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}