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H2 About these notes

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.

Other linguistics notes can be found on Linguistics MOC

Linguistics MOC

#linguistics #MOC Not to be confused with the . Linguistics deal with how languages are developed, structured, and used as opposed...

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H2 Table of contents

Introduction

Linguistics - Introduction

Refactored from Linguists simply focus on studying how languages are being used Or, if you like, the science of language When encountering...

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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...

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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...

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Morphology

Linguistics - Morphology

Refactored from What a word means It can be defined as the meaning of a word that you find in the...

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Syntax

Linguistics - Syntax

Refactored from The syntax sets rules for how words relate to each other in a sentence Sentences are made of smaller...

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Semantics

Linguistics - Semantics

Refactored from #linguistics Types of semantic relationships: Synonyms and Antonyms Hyponym \subset hypernym For example, the hyponym rouge is a subset of the hypernym...

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Pragmatics

Linguistics - Pragmatics

Refactored from Sometimes we don't say exactly what we mean, but other people are able to figure out what we...

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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...

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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...

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H2 References

  1. Crash Course Linguistics. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtP5mp25nStsuDzk2blncJDW
  2. Bellos, Alex. Language Lover’s Puzzle Book: Lexical Perplexities and Cracking Conundrums from across the Globe. Guardian Publishing, 2020.
  3. Matthews, P. H. Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2003.
  4. https://www.uklo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/UKLO-Training-Resources.pdf
  5. Wikipedia
  6. Google image
  7. https://www.uklo.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Ellies-Linguistic-Tips.pdf
  8. Bauer, Laurie. The Linguistics Student’s Handbook. 2021.