inguistics is a relatively new science which few people know about. A linguist is not a polyglot, who speaks a lot of different languages. A linguist studies the structure of language and the way we learn it and use it in discourse. If you are among the curious, this is the place for you. This page is your entree to a wide range of information about linguistics. Each page deals with a different fundamental subdiscipline of linguistics: historical linguistics, phonology (the study of sounds), syntax (the study of sentence structure), semantics (the study of meaning). Stay tuned; there is more to come in the future.
- The Collected Works of the Phantom Linguist
- Historical Linguistics
What does a hippo have in common with a feather? - Phonology (Linguistic Sounds)
How do you pronounce ghoti . . . and why? -
Morphology
But there ARE no such Things as Words! - Syntax (Phrase Structure)
Rim ember us poke in cent tense all mow stall ways con deigns word snot in ten did - Semantics (Meaning)
Can colorless green ideas sleep furiously? -
Slithy Toves of Chimpanzees
Can Psychologists Make a Monkey out of Me? -
Psycholinguistics: Language Acquisition
Mama Teached Me Talk?
- Historical Linguistics
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The Longest Place Name in the World
. . . with a picture to prove it. - The
Linguistic Olympics are Here!
Try the linguistic mind-twisters at the bottom of the page. - The Third English Word Ending on
-gry
A bad riddle run amuck. -
Cross-Word
Puzzles
(Use the cross-word puzzle dictionary on the dictionary page) - Excite
Word Games
Word-based mind-teasers--real linguistic fun. - Merriam-Webster's
Word Game of the Day
Building your vocabulary can be fun.
More Linguistic Fun
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