The Misha wrote:
I checked all the links diligently, and just like I expected it is mostly a sales pitch by folks selling dictionaries or doing "linguistic research" at European public universities (do you guys even have private ones over there?) at the taxpayers' expense. If you ask me, that's nice work if you can get it. I am not by any means trying to convince anyone of anything, but personally I'll stick to Google, thank you. I don't need any hand holding. Thanks for the discussion, everyone.
According to a certain European mindset, it is important to have people researching language (and plenty of other fields for that matter) without being subjected to shareholder pressure to make money or to the whims of a "philanthropist". I'm not sure that it would suit me to do that kind of work, as I prefer to produce work with more immediate benefit, but I'm really glad there are people doing it. The ivory tower is frequently mocked, but it does actually underpin the whole of civilisation.
We certainly do have a plethora of private institutions for further education, mostly catering to those who fail to get into a state-run establishment.
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