Noun
linguistics plural form as a singular, no article- The scientific study of language.
...Linguistics is the scientific study of natural language. Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure (grammar) and the study of meaning (semantics and pragmatics). Grammar encompasses morphology (the formation and composition of words), syntax (the rules that determine how words combine into phrases and sentences) and phonology (the study of sound systems and abstract sound units). Phonetics is a related branch of linguistics concerned with the actual properties of speech sounds (phones), non-speech sounds, and how they are produced and perceived. Other sub-disciplines of linguistics include the following: evolutionary linguistics, which considers the origins of language; historical linguistics, which explores language change; sociolinguistics, which looks at the relation between linguistic variation and social structures; psycholinguistics, which explores the representation and functioning of language in the mind; neurolinguistics, which looks at the representation of language in the brain; language acquisition, which considers how children acquire their first language and how children and adults acquire and learn their second and subsequent languages; and discourse analysis, which is concerned with the structure of texts and conversations, and pragmatics with how meaning is transmitted based on a combination of linguistic competence, non-linguistic knowledge, and the context of the speech act. Read full entry
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Linguistics?
I want to study linguistics in
college. What're good colleges
in studying linguistics? I was
thinking about going to the
University of Washington
because it seems like they
have a fairly well department
there, PLUS I get a
scholarship there OR I wanted
to go to the University of
Hawaii because it's closer to
home however I don't know
there linguistics program very
well. Any other places that
have a good linguistics
program?
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Well the creme de la creme is MIT, that's where the great Noam Chomsky can be found. But also the top programs are in Stanford, Berkeley, Ohio State, U Penn, University of Toronto, and of course, where I did my undergrad, Rutgers University :) It also depends if you have a specific field in mind, some colleges will specialize, e.g. for phonetics, syntax, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, etc. Oh, and stay away from anything that revolves around "applied linguistics", that's a bullsh*t disclipline that has the name linguistics, but has nothing to do with it, really. |
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How to write an interview Hi,
I am writing a formal term
paper for my linguistics
class, and I have conducted
some interviews as part of my
data collection. My question
is: what's the correct format
for writing a transcript for a
lingusitics paper? Any help
will be appreciated.
Thanks.
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Hope this helps! http://library.plymouth.edu/by -subject/linguistics |
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How can I convince my parents I want to earn an AB In
Linguistics and my parents
want me to do computer
science. They say there is no
money or jobs for students who
do linguistics. I really,
really want to do something I
love, but all they're thinking
of is money!
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You are going to spend ~4 years in college then ~40 years working. You have to look into what jobs you can get with a linguistics degree and whether you love those jobs. Some people with linguistics degrees go into teaching English as a foreign language. If (for example) you think you would love this, you need to go to your parents and say something like this: "Computer programmers make a lot of money, but I hate the idea of being a computer programmer and would probably be fired if I did that job because I hate it so much. I would be more successful being a teacher of English as a foreign language, even though it paid less." You need to stress to your parents you would make less money with a computer science degree because you would get fired. However, if you don't think you like the jobs that linguistics majors get, it is probably bad to get a linguistics major. Try majoring in something that will give you a job you love. You can still take a lot of linguistics courses for the fun of it. Remember you have to think over the long haul. Think first what job you will love and then work backwards toward the major. |
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