Linguistics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 stu...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics
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Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. ... the study of Linguistics is largely an analytic discipline, and the analytic tools one learns generalize nicely to virtually any subject; this can often come in handy.
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www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/lingfaq.html
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1.7 Why study language ... Some students, when beginning a linguistics course, believe it will help them improve their knowledge of their first language. In fact this is not something you can expect from a linguistics course.
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www.indiana.edu/~hlw/Introduction/why.html
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What will I study as a linguistics major? ... And you may, in fact, be a polyglot, but that's not what this major is about. Linguistics is, broadly, the scientific study of language, and many topics are studied under this umbrella.
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www.lsadc.org/info/ling-faqs-whymajor.cfm
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Introduction to Linguistics, a scientific approach ... Part One: Introduction to Linguistics ... There are three types of the study of the sounds of language. Acoustic Phonetics is the study of the physical properties of sounds. Auditory Phonetics is the study of the way listeners perceive sounds.
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www.ielanguages.com/linguist.html
www.ielanguages.com/linguist.html
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So says Robin J. Sowards in "Why Everyone Should Study Linguistics" (The Minnesota Review, Spring 2007); he's specifically thinking of literary critics. And he's absolutely right, of course; that's the good news.
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www.languagehat.com/archives/002987.php
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The linguistics program, initiated in 1993, operates as a subdivision within the English department, and consists of an undergraduate minor in Linguistics and a graduate program in Language Study and Linguistics, with an emphasis on sociolinguistics.
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www.ncsu.edu/linguistics/
www.ncsu.edu/linguistics/
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Don't worry, study linguistics ... As for my initial interest, I could hardly avoid it, with my father being Fred Lukoff, though there was no particular encouragement on his part for me to study linguistics. ... I'm currently on track for an MSc and then PhD in Mathematics, but plan to study Linguistics afterwards.
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languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1602
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For a more detailed overview of what linguistic study entails, check out the section called "Fields of Linguistics" under the heading labeled "About Linguistics" on the Linguistic Society of America's homepage.
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www.csun.edu/linguistics/study_of_linguistics.html
www.csun.edu/linguistics/study_of_linguistics.html
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