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Some personal notes on linguistics. Once again, feel free to read it but be skeptical since they things may be incorrect or under-explained. Also, keep in mind that explanations herein assume knowledge in English, French, and Chinese.
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#linguistics #MOC Not to be confused with the . Linguistics deal with how languages are developed, structured, and used as opposed...
H2 Table of contents
Linguistics - Introduction
Refactored from Linguists simply focus on studying how languages are being used Or, if you like, the science of language When encountering...
Features of Languages
Linguistics - Features of Languages
Refactored from #linguistics And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of...
Languages and Language Families
Linguistics - Languages and Language Families
Refactored from When languages evolve, they interact with other languages just like how species evolve, so the categorisation of languages...
Morphology
Linguistics - Morphology
Refactored from What a word means It can be defined as the meaning of a word that you find in the...
Syntax
Linguistics - Syntax
Refactored from The syntax sets rules for how words relate to each other in a sentence Sentences are made of smaller...
Semantics
Linguistics - Semantics
Refactored from #linguistics Types of semantic relationships: Synonyms and Antonyms Hyponym hypernym For example, the hyponym rouge is a subset of the hypernym...
Pragmatics
Linguistics - Pragmatics
Refactored from Sometimes we don't say exactly what we mean, but other people are able to figure out what we...
Phonetics
Linguistics - Phonetics
Refactored from Phonetics studies the sound of a language Linguistics use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to write down sounds precisely here's...
Writing Systems
Linguistics - Writing Systems
Refactored from Aka orthography Some definitions graphemes are symbols glyphs are written symbols like letters diacritics are glyphs added to another more basic glyph...
H2 References
- Crash Course Linguistics. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtP5mp25nStsuDzk2blncJDW
- Bellos, Alex. Language Lover’s Puzzle Book: Lexical Perplexities and Cracking Conundrums from across the Globe. Guardian Publishing, 2020.
- Matthews, P. H. Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2003.
- https://www.uklo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/UKLO-Training-Resources.pdf
- Wikipedia
- Google image
- https://www.uklo.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Ellies-Linguistic-Tips.pdf
- Bauer, Laurie. The Linguistics Student’s Handbook. 2021.