“What I look for in students is [that they are], of course, highly intelligent and able to go through language data in infinitesimal detail. To not only know about how language works in terms of languages and dialects and interaction among people in different social groups..”

“... in different languages, ... but also to be able to focus on the most minute of data points, and understand the context in which it occurs.”

Now I know what I (and so many others) should’ve went to school for. Heh.