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Anthropological Linguistics

fmanness — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 22:22:05 +0000

Anthropological linguistics is the study of language and its relationship with the culture surrounding it. It involves studying genetics and interactions among people in a given society. This type of linguistics helps use to understand the relationships in various cultures as well as how they use their language in different aspects then we use in our own culture. This information is needed to successfully break down barriers due to differences in languages and cultures.

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Forensic Linguists

fmanness — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:01:34 +0000

Forensic linguistics is a sub category of linguistics, which is the study of various languages. Forensic linguistics is a type of applied science that deals with the intermingling of language, laws, and crimes. Forensic linguists pertains to specific languages used in different aspects such as the law, business, and other areas.

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Historical Linguistics

fmanness — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:07:53 +0000

Historical linguistics takes a unique approach to the concept of language. It often focuses on the early written language of ancient civilizations because there isn’t anyone left to be able to speak it. This is because languages evolve over time. Someone who studies historical linguistics may find themselves in the research field, going over pictures and clues from ancient writings to unlock the secrets of what they are saying. This information can give us valuable insight as to the culture of the people and what happened to them. There are thousands of historical writings that still are a mystery to linguistic experts.

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Language Linguistics

fmanness — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:18:50 +0000

Language linguistics involves the study of how people learn to speak a specific language. No matter how difficult a particular language may seem to someone, those who speak it in their culture are able to do so without thinking about it. This is because they learn the linguistics of that given language from the time they are a small child. It is important that linguistics learn the correct meanings of the words in a given language as well as how to pronounce them. This information can then be used effectively to teach other people the language, to interpret the language, and to effectively translate.

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Linguistics

fmanness — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:00:00 +0000

Linguistics is a very fascinating science that focuses on studying various languages. Linguistics can be either theoretical or applied. Theoretic linguists involves the structure of the language including grammar and the meanings of the words in the language. The study of phonetics is also included to determine the right pronunciation of each word.

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