Hi all,

I want to study language, though I'm not sure if it's linguistics that I'm really after, or if studying linguistics at the PhD level would give me the space to investigate what I'm interested in.

I feel specifically interested in--I think it's Sapir-Whorf--the way language might influence the way we see the world. I'm interested in the mystical aspects of Biblical Hebrew, how it's regarded by some as an inherently spiritual language (although I have not studied it yet). I'm interested in what discoveries could be made about humanity, the way we make meaning, by investigating language and how it's used.

I have a Bachelor's degree in French, and I took a French linguistics course, so I'm familiar with the territory somewhat. I know there's much I don't know, though, and fear that I might have a misunderstanding of what the study of linguistics is. Is there space for this kind of inquiry within the field? And if there is, is there a specific subfield for it?

If I don't reply to comments quickly, please forgive me, I'm still out of power because of hurricane Ian ;-;