Linguistics 101: The scientific study of language [video 1]
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- Опубліковано 26 жов 2024
- Linguistics is the scientific study of language. That means linguists study human language just like physicists and chemists study the natural properties of the world (and there is a lot more we can study about language than you probably realize!) If you've ever tried to explain something about your language to someone who is not a native speaker, then you're probably aware of its complexities, and that is exactly what linguists study.
This video is designed as a primer course for anyone who is interested in languages and linguistics, but doesn't want to commit to a whole university course, or reading a dense textbook. I am going to run this video series like a university linguistics course for the benefit of anyone who does not have the time or money to attend actual university courses.
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I relate a lot to this right now...
That’s exactly where I’m at😊. I have great respect for people who have knowledge they are willing to share with others.
1:21 what is linguistics?
- the scientific study of human languages.
2:17 overview of branches of linguistics.
-phonetics: study of human speech sounds
-Phonology: study of how speech sounds are used in a given language
-Morphology: study of words
-Syntax: study of sentence structure
-Semantics: study of meaning
-Pragmatics: study of how humans use context to understand speech
Historical linguistics: study of how languages change over time
Sociolinguistics: the study of the effects of society and culture on languages
The Sapir-whorf hypotheses: hypothesis that people who speak different languages see the world differently, ie: an English speaker might think differently than a German one.
Universal grammar: theory that suggests that the ability to learn grammar is innate
3:49 linguistic descriptivism
-a nonjudgmental approach to language that focuses on how it is actually spoken and written.
-Prescriptivism is the term used for approaches to language that set out rules for what is regarded as “good” or “correct” usage.
-linguists are descriptivists
5:03 example of descriptivism
7:08 difference between language and literacy
-language is different from literacy
-Language is developed by all of us as long as we’re exposed to it
-Children develop language before they can read
-Some tribes have language without writing
8:20
-no one naturally becomes literate. It must be taught
-Language evolves much faster than writing.
-Literary societies are more prone to prescriptivism
11:59
- reading and writing are not studied by linguists
-Linguists don’t study orthography (writing systems)
-Linguists study spoken language and sign language
13:58
-Language is productive
-Language is arbitrary
Stranger: How many languages do you know?
Lingusit: What do you mean by language? What do you mean by know??!
Me!
True wow deep. Linguists see beyond the words muarharhar
I know so many languages all over the world, but I just can speak in 3 languages
Dude you are talking about me😂
Possibly the most underrated field of study in the English language. Really brilliant stuff! I love how linguists emphasize clarity in communication, something the world can use more of.
You're sparking my interest in Linguistics. Thanks for the video!
Hi Artem! I'm so glad to hear that! Linguistics is really an extremely fascinating area of study that makes you think about all kinds of things you've never thought about before.
Ditto. Thanks for the videos, they are very good!
@@FingtamLanguages some people say that there are 30 branches of linguistics
please help i'm interested in linguistics and i really want to learn
@@FingtamLanguages Hello sorry I'm late to the party I was actually wondering if texting could be a form of language or writing. According to alot of other linguistic scientists language is always changing and if you apply that logic to online communication then it could be a form of language. For example I use a lot of anime memes to make a joke or to display an emotion. I started this around a week ago and before that I would not have even imagined myself using anime memes as a form of communication, but since messaging styles, along with language is always changing why can't texting, messaging, or any other form of online communication be a form of language? I've thought about this alot and if you had any articles on it or any advice it would be really helpful. Thank you.
I'm an ESL teacher in China, and though I have a degree in English, I've only dipped in and out of linguistics. Now that I'm teaching a second language and learning an incredibly difficult language myself (Mandarin), I'm finding that going down the linguistics rabbit hole is both making me a better teacher and a better student. Thank you for this video series.
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I'm going to study Linguistics at UCL this September and I'm gonna watch your course on Linguistics for extra preparation before I start. Thank you so much for your help!
Awesome! I hope it helps!
How’s the semester going?
Yey, looking forward for your linguistic video series. Even though we have a lot of youtubers teaching languages. You will be my first real linguistic teacher.
Hi Adib! I'm glad to hear you're interested in linguistics. I think you will find it fascinating as we progress through the series.
Hi! I'll be starting my master degree in Applied Linguistics at UNSW Sydney next year. However, frankly speaking, I didn't get so much exposure to linguistics in my undergrad despite involved in English Education Department for 3+ year which makes me not that confident to start my master's degree. I am so thankful for your videos! Greetings from Indonesia 😊
I'm currently stuying English, as a second language, linguistics in a University from Central America. I congratulate you for your video that is very clean and neat for me. Muchas gracias :)
"...If you have a license." XD that was my favorite part lol. Great video dude! I'm in school for studying linguistics now and I stumbled across your video. Definitely will be watching them throughout the semester!
Hi Fingtam! I wanted to tell you you’re language videos really inspire me to stay motivated to learn the languages I really want to learn and especially making my own progress videos! I also uploaded my first video trying to speak Japanese
I’m very appreciative of people like yourself for doing things like this. I’m a Linguistics channel myself (peep the name) and I’m entirely self-taught, so series like this are incredibly valuable. Thank you!
Yay! Thanks for taking my suggestion. I'm excited for this series.
Thanks for suggesting it!
I study English philology in Poland and honestly... I loved this video despite being in a General British accent group (which means I probably shouldn't have watched it because it might make me gain American pronunciation features but oh well :") ).
I've always been more interested in the way languages actually work than history of literature, for example, so your channel is a blessing.
So yeah, I'm gonna go recommend your video to my friends from General American groups, they're gonna love it :")
I'm going to study linguistic this semester and your video helped me a lot! Thank you so much! Cheers from Brazil 🇧🇷
well there are though many examples of words which originated from a proto sound , which was correlated to a real environmental sound, which than of course evolved. Standing to different theories about the origin of a proto language, different words came into being not just as a made up arbitrary symbol for an object, but they were suggested from the object itself, its shape, the sound that it made, its use as a tool. it is still so mesmerizing how certain words have a pronuntiation which resembles the object itself in terms of texture and noise, like wind , vento, wind, which all have this open airy quality in the pronunciation. love , amore, liebe, soft sound, broken, rotto, kaput, arsh sound.
Very impressive and very enjoyable - as well as clear - presentation. I wouldn’t get overly distressed when you elaborate on a subject. It’s not going off on a tangent. It’s putting some flesh on the bones of the item being taught. You are totally okay in that regard. Dry explanations usually end up feeling boring, and turn off some people, though it is true that you can never please everyone.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!
Hey man. I've had an interest in linguistics ever since I was a kid and read Tolkien, and then later when I started reading Chompsky. I've never had the chance to take an actual class so I'm so appreciative of people like you who go out of their way to make sure that such a fascinating topic isn't off limits to anyone. Thanks man.
No way you like Chompsky too?
@@ethanb3606 love Chompsky! Both politically and linguistically;
I like the way you chose to proceed through the slides ... and I liked the energy you were producing while explaining those concepts. keep it up with the good work.
Hi! Thanks for the encouraging comment!
@@FingtamLanguages i am a student of sociolinguistics... So i do relate to the theme. Since iam Algerian i. e . An Arab. English is a foreign language for me. But as a linguistic student... I understand the feeling of language researchers.
Brief but complete introductory information needed particularly by new students. I ask my students to listen to this video. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing it! :)
Hey, thanks for making this video. I always had a hunch that I was interested in linguistics, and my ability to focus through your presentation proved me right. I usually lose focus immediately when I'm watching educational videos, but I stuck through all the way. This could be the start of a long path in linguistics for me. Thanks a lot.
I really feel like I will get what I am looking for. I Will begin my linguistics class tomorrow.
i’m watching this instead of studying for my actual school work lol. we should learn this instead of like algebra
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I will probably watch your videos in the following weeks. I also study psychoanalysys and its implications in Linguistics, so its a nice topic if you want to discuss it with me.
Cheers!
José Miguel García Martín I’m always interested in discussing linguistics. Welcome to my channel and thanks for commenting!
Thank you so much for this series! I’m currently studying for my university entrance examination and this is a great and easy way to revise all that I have learned!
Stella Selin glad to hear it has been a help! :)
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I studied linguistics in Mexico. You have a good way to explain and resume.
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Best linguistics video series on UA-cam. Thanks.
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First and foremost, thank u . unfortunately i ve just seen your channel, Im a master student of Applied linguistics and i wish if u get back and continue making videos about this field. The way you explain makes it sound easy to be understood .
Thanks for the comment! Glad to hear you enjoy the series! :)
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うん、ブライアンだ Glad this series is helping you learn! 😊
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To teach what you have to learn as a student . What a great idea !
Thank you. Your explanation is clear and concise. My confusion during first semester of Linguistics 101 has now been cleared up in a 18 minute video.
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I was really excited to find this intro video- I’m considering studying linguistics in addition to my major... and then you mentioned that you attend my same school. So cool, and such a small world- thanks for the great video!
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He there, thanks so much for subscribing! And thanks for your comment. Glad to hear you're so fascinated in linguistics!
It is about time someone broached this topic!
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It's the first time I watch one of your videos. I felt hooked bach to linguistics. I don't know if you keep doing these videos. I hope so. Thanks!!
Maria Benita Céspedes Guizada Thanks for the comment. Glad you liked it!
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Thanks for the comment!
Thank you for your time and effort and means to make this course available to us.
María de la Luz Andrade thanks! :)
I hope you still read your comments. I graduated with an English B.A in 2014. I spend the past 5 years teaching English in Asia. I decided to take this career of teaching into a more professional and academic standard and applied to a linguistics masters. I got accepted and now I am deathly afraid. I am completely inexperience in the study of it and vastly intimidated to go to a MASTERS in the subject as I never properly studied it as an undergrad years ago. I just found your videos and I am so grateful at your format and style that I can study and prepare myself for my masters. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Wow, I'm glad to see my videos can be so helpful. That inspires me to make more :)
Wow! This is a real generational eye opener! I could only watch up to 7:21. It's like nails on chalkboard for me! I began the study of language in the late 70's. Starting with grammar, and discriptors (which isn't even a word anymore LOL), moving into linguistics, cognitive psychology, the Circle of Willis.., and landing in speech therapy with severely autistic, non-verbal students.
Reading the comments leads me to believe that I'm missing something worthwhile in your video. As someone old enough to know a few things 😜, please practice HOW you speak about speaking. "I ain't..." or a wottle of bater was it, is very subjective, and relied on your personal experience to create the answer you defined as correct.
I'd love to sit and pick each other's brains. Normally, I'm frustrated because technology has, in many ways, taken away critical thinking. I'm glad to see people still interested in such a delicate part of social interaction.
Great！No more video on linguistics? Hope to see more. Thanks!
wensheng zhu Yes, I am planning on making more eventually!
@@FingtamLanguages That would be wonderful! Looking forward to watching your new videos. I'm also into linguistics.
nice explain the meaning, and easily to understand their meaning.
thanks you so much.
please do more for linguistics.
if u possible please explain about the Stylistics...
Local Productions Thanks for the comment. I want to do more linguistics videos in the future, but they take a lot more preparation than my regular videos, so it will have to wait at least until the current semester is over in December. Then I will have more time to focus on making videos.
Hey, glad you’re making these vids. Linguistics is fascinating. Also I’m a Milwaukee resident myself and am thinking about going back to UWM this fall. Cheers!
Jake Marin Awesome! UWM is a great school.
hi, I am a students in linguistics as well. But my previous major was completely different. So kind of puzzled as the first semester starts. Your video is very helpful for me to get the basics. Thank you.
Ella Cao I’m happy I can help out :)
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I’m really excited for this series. I was studying linguistics on my own, but stopped a few years ago because I couldn’t comprehend the second great vowel shift. That was before UA-cam and I couldn’t hear the differences. I tried learning the IPA, but couldn’t figure it out for the same reason. I hope you explain about that in this series, or at least tell us how to find more information.
Thank you for making this.
True that we weren't able to preserve sound waves back then, such is why Language evolved much faster thsn writing. But now we're able to preserve sound waves...
Thank you for making this video. I have been trying improve my understanding of linguistics for an Olympiad and this will hopefully help with that.
Awesome! Hopefully the video is helpful! :)
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Awesome! Glad you like it :)
Hi! I have had an interest in dissecting language for a looooong time. I always look up etymology, even noticing similar words between different languages, and sometimes even phrase structure. In a vocal performance class, we studied a bit of IPA and that piqued my curiosity of SLP but never got the courage to study it. I used to work in a tourist-heavy environment and would challenge myself to identify accents and where in the world/country they might come from. My parents have different native tongues so it's really cool to identify how they produce the "same" sound. I moved from Hawaii to Alabama and it baffles me how many diphthongs are "misplaced" 😂 thank you for this informative series!!
Thank sir, Your explanation is great sir. I am also a student of BSc linguistics. Your video is significant for us
A bit of prescriptivism may be beneficial when optimal communication is required in a limited population for a period of time. Applying some rules or conventions can minimize miscommunication.
Wow man, this series is really great dude! I have a lot of interest on this subject, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us for free! I will go through all chapters :)
Rafael Fidelis Awesome! I’m planning on releasing the next video on Monday.
Great video! Informative, descriptive and to-the-point. Using examples from English and other languages to illustrate a point is an effective tool too. I've always been passionate about languages and am going back to uni next year to study Linguistics. You're obviously very passionate about linguistics too! I look forward to watching all your videos!
Thank you Sir. This greatly helped me for my incoming Board examination. ❤️
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Wow! Glad I could help. Thanks for the kind comment, and thanks for sharing! 😊
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I had this video bookmarked on my favorites for months and finally was able to view it.
I have always been interested in Linguistics and now I have my start. Thanks.
Spanish was my major and I also studied French. I teach ESL and I also do translating/interpreting. (Obviously, I love language).
I love your enthusiasm. You are easy to listen to.
Is the clearing of the throat a nervous tic? (Sorry to mention this.) If not, maybe some tea? honey? lemon? to ease the throat before or even during your recording. I appreciated your first video and will definitely continue with the next one. It's nice to be able to study from home since I have a lot of caregiver responsibilities here. Best of success to you.
thank you! this help me a lot.. im a language and linguistic student
You are a tremendous teacher.
I love this series.
Nice video. Look forward to watching the rest.
Helloooo.....Watching this because our teacher ask us to study this thank you
just came across this video .. I am excited to learn as I am a first year linguistic student and the subject has been giving me trouble but your channel gives me hope . Thank you
Amo Dlamini sweet! Glad I could help your studies!
I don't know how, but I just understand you..... thank you a lot
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I watched this video through and through and it was super well explained. I find it exciting even more because I'm in the process of writing linguistic-y videos as well so it'd be interesting to see your take on the topics you'll cover :). One thing I'd disagree with is when you said that linguists don't study written language - unless I misunderstood. You can definitely work on written corpus (not from transcriptions but from written material) and study words in context for example. I remember in one of my classes, we studied how specific adjective and their antonyms were found in the same sentence or something like that. Can't really remember as my MA in Linguistics was like 2 years ago ahah. But you get my point.
Otherwise the rest was spot on :D
Yeah, you can definitely study writing insofar as it tells us something about actual language, so in that sense, corpus data is valuable. I think my point here was that linguists don't use orthography to explain things. Perhaps I didn't make that as clear as I should have.
Right, yeah okay I'm with you on that one 👍
Thanks million for uploading.M learning diploma in linguistics. This video help me a lot as I have zero knowledge about this subject.
Really looking forward to the rest of this series :)
Thanks for the comment! The next video in the series is already filmed, edited, and waiting to be released!
I will be watching it now, thank you bro
Thank you for this series.
I am starting linguistics this summer, it's so interesting!!
I looked for ''linguistcs ''on youtube,and found ur video.I checked ur videos ...from the titles I could tell they are amazing .I dubscribed right away .I'll be watching all ur videos,seem really interesting.I actually wanna do masters in linguistics since I'm passionate about languages.I 'm a teacher ,I teach English in an arabic speaking country (Algeria ,my country) .😊
🍀🌸I speak Arabic ,amazigh(the native ppl's lge),french ,English and spanish.now I'm learning german and italian ,There is nth more exciting to do than learning a language 😊
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So صحّة =sahha =thank u 🙏
wich literally means (health ,in arabic ,as if I wish u health in return for the good thing you did to me 😊👌).It's in the Algerian dielect .
So happy I'm sparking interest in Linguistics! :)
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I just graduated this year and Im trying to find a job to afford the master degree. I want to study English Linguistics . And now Im starting self learning in Linguistics.
In your last part, you say that Language is Arbitrary. I would have to say that is 80% correct. The 20% I would have to question you with is in Sign Language. There is some Iconic "words"/Signs that make up the language. Example: Cat in ASL (American Sign Language) is the "ok" hand shape on the side of the mouth indicating the whiskers of a cat; or Cup is the hand shape of holding a cup on your non-dominate hand. So, in sign languages, there are some iconic values to it as well as arbitrary.
Let me know your thoughts. Nice video in all by the way. Thanks.
Hey! I think it would be helpful to occasionally point to which critic offered a concept for the sake of erudition. For instance, the arbitrariness of language is an idea originally articulated most wholly by Ferdinand Saussure, but somebody watching this video would have no idea.
I'm glad to watch this video and its helped refresh my memory. Due to this covid, learning in our various college and all hasnt been easy but I really appreciate this video. It's been made easy to understand by you. I also wish you learn German that's the second language acquisition am learning
Hi, do you have any idea or something in mind about a thing or things that can be comparable or best represent/s linguistics? I need it for my assignment. 😭
dog (n.)
"quadruped of the genus Canis," Old English docga, a late, rare word, used in at least one Middle English source in reference specifically to a powerful breed of canine; other early Middle English uses tend to be depreciatory or abusive. Its origin remains one of the great mysteries of English etymology.
this is awesome and i think if i continue following these videos even my exams will be much better. thank you
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Thank you for this videos sir, it's absolutely a great help for a first-year college like me! I downloaded all your videos about linguistics 💞👌
Glad I can be of service :)
I am using this as a resource for my interpersonal communication students. thank you.
Chelsey Williams Thanks for the feedback! I enjoy hearing the different ways my videos are being used
Thank you so very much for this series. Your videos are enlightening, clear, specific and super entertaining! They have helped me a good deal with my own Linguistics study. A bunch of thanks once again. Looking forward to more gripping events!
Hi, do you have any idea or something in mind about a thing or things that can be comparable or best represent/s linguistics? I need it for my assignment. 😭
I’m torn between studying linguistics and translation/interpreting at university. I can’t decide! I’m gonna watch this whole series to give me a better idea thank you
Grace Pearson I hope it helps!
Fingtam Languages It definitely will thank you ☺️
Thank You So Much For These Videos. Very Helpful!!!
Thank you very much for this video series. You have literally helped me understand concepts which I was struggling to understand for an entire semester. By the way, I am a student of English literature as well as linguistics like you are.
Again, thanks a lot for your help,
Greetings from Europe
Thanks for the kind comment. I’m s glad to hear my videos are helping people!
@@FingtamLanguages you're welcome. Your videos are very helpful indeed. Have a nice day!
I'm studying linguistics at uOttawa in the fall. Thanks for making these videos.
You may check out to Turkish , or Turkic languages in the Asia . Typologically these languages have not been classified yet and they have different varieties .
Superb! thank you so much for making this vidoe .i am fond of linguistics .
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Ooh, thank you sir for your education!