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Interests, Linguistics

Linguistics, well, what can I say about linguistics...?  This was not my first choice of profession.  If you surf around my site you may discover my passion for astronomy, but nonetheless I do love languages, and actually, I think I'm pretty good at linguistics, so it's not a total loss.

I've included here several pages on the matter.  Links to pages related to various subfields of linguistics, including my own specialties of phonology (functionalist approach) and mathematical linguistics.

Linguistics in general embraces both spoken language and gestural languages.

Phonetics -- sounds and how they are produced

Phonology -- how our brains organize sounds

Morphology -- words and the smallest units of meaning

Syntax -- sentence structures and large-scale grammar

Semantics -- meanings

Mathematical Linguistics -- how can we apply mathematics to study language?

Computational Linguistics -- linguistics and computers, natural languages processing

Psycholinguistics -- psychology of  language

Sociolinguistics -- how is language affected by large social structures

Cognitive Linguistics and Neurolinguistics -- mind and language, trying to answer questions like 'does mind make language or language make the mind?'  The role of the brain in language.

Historical Linguistics -- the history and development of language; etymological studies

Language Acquisition -- how do we learn to speak?

History of Linguistics -- how the study of language developed

Anthropological Linguistics -- language and culture

Pragmatics -- discourse level linguistics and structure

Language Resources -- languages, dialects, applied linguistics and more

Other -- Semiotics, Rhetoric, Onomastics, Orthography, more

Societies and Organizations

Documentation of Endangered Languages - DOBES Project
Indiana University Linguistics Club
Lexicon of Linguistics
Linguist List
Linguistic Society of America
Linguistics 105 -- Bucknell University
Linguistics 110
Linguistics Resources on the Internet -- SILS
Modern Language Association
North West Centre for Linguistics
OSU Department of Linguistics
Linguistic Resources on the Internet
American Dialect Society Words of the Year
LLL - Ligações de Línguas e Linguística / Language and Linguistics Links
Economist.com - Linguistics
Languages and Linguistics