What is Linguistics?: Crash Course Linguistics #1

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Language is everywhere. Linguistics is the study of language, but what does that even mean? In this episode of Crash Course Linguistics, we'll begin talking about some of the features and levels of structure of language, and introduce some of the other topics we'll be covering throughout this series.
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@Rwzfs 3 года назад

No way, you guys don't understand how long I've been waiting for this.

@littlejourneyseverywhere 3 года назад

Right?! Where are my language nerds in here?! My teammates of translation! My dreamers of dialect! My sequencers of syntax!

@snowyyyyyyyyyyyyy 3 года назад

same! literal years!

@akositatot 3 года назад

SAME!!!! I've been waiting for this for almost 5 years! Fellow language nerds rise uppp

@lovecraft1000 3 года назад

Same here 🥳

@ENBSamiaSiddiqui 3 года назад

You and me both, and scrolling down I've realised there are many of us!

@bmccuan 3 года назад

*Cuddles up to my Linguistics degree with a glass of wine.* ...its time.

@phoenixshadow6633 3 года назад

It's important to note that linguists aren't polyglots. It sounds obvious, but it's a common misconception.

@someonerandom704 3 года назад

You can also know a lot about a language and still not be fluent. One of the biggest reasons for this is that vocabulary is a massive grind and memorizing a lot of it for one language is tedious. Knowing linguistics does, however, give you a significant advantage in learning whatever language you want. That's obviously not its main goal though.

@Cosmiccoffeecup 3 года назад

Agreed

@crystalwolcott4744 3 года назад

Man, this never even occurred to me. Serious question, what kinda jobs can linguist get

@TheRyanator5000 3 года назад

@@crystalwolcott4744 Many linguists are programmers, some teachers, others go in to law or academia.

@TheGuywithaChannel 3 года назад

@@crystalwolcott4744 All sorts. Whenever I think of what jobs a degree can get, I think of how you can sell those skills to employers. Imagine being able to analyze language at all levels of structure from the brain to computers to society; it's pretty darn useful, especially when paired with pretty much ANY other major. I just graduated with my HBA in Linguistics and I've almost run into the problem of having too many options.

@haitiancreolewithluciano 3 года назад

*I’m gonna be a big fan of that series*

@taguotafecedric8690 3 года назад

Me too, dear friend. I'm not an English native so I enjoy any occasion to know more about English.

@calculator-sd5370 3 года назад

Yeah

@porcelainface7809 3 года назад

Totally

@user-wu7ug4ly3v 3 года назад

Paul.D Ayisyen sanble tankou yon lang difisil.

@user-wu7ug4ly3v 3 года назад

Paul 😂

@MrJDH397 3 года назад

Oh look, my degree finally has a series on it. Where was this when I was a freshman in college, lol

@someonerandom704 3 года назад

As someone who's super interested in linguistics, any advice for going along with it?

@esmeraldaherrera6803 3 года назад

Me too, please I’m a junior 😄

@MrJDH397 3 года назад

@@someonerandom704 @esmeralda herrera 1) The IPA is your best friend. If you're good to her and give her a lot of attention, she will only aid you as you progress 2) Don't feel like you need to know what you want to do going into it. Took me two years to find Phonology/Phonetics and fall in love 3) Despite research, professors usually choose to teach in this particular field, and love talking about what they know. Office hours are rarely useful, imo, but I've always found them useful 4) A lot of systems are better understood with a second language, and second languages become a lot easier when you learn basic language systems. 4b) If you choose a language to learn, build vocabulary before learning sentences. I highly recommend the book "Fluent Forever", which has a 'most-important' vocabulary list for language, and the app Anki to learn them (also my personal flashcard app for all of my studies) 5) It's not maths, but it's still difficult. However, don't see it as overpowering, see it as a challenge. Language is a giant puzzle, and each little process and pattern is a piece of it. Puzzles take everyone different amounts of time, and yet we still commit and finish them. The more you connect, the easier it is to see the greater image as a whole, and like a puzzle it's incredibly satisfying to make it to the end and see what you've done.

@MrJDH397 3 года назад

@@esmeraldaherrera6803 see previous comment

@courtneypearce7840 3 года назад

Right! This would’ve been really helpful when I was a freshman

@yetigriff 3 года назад

I wonder what the next crash course "Things I never knew I was interested in" will be.

@melonlord1414 3 года назад

Isn't Crash Course "things I never knew I'd be interested in" basically Sci Show?

@federicomarintuc 3 года назад

Logistics

@Garblegox 3 года назад

I thought the same about linguistics. Then I discovered John McWhorter's book "Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue" and the rabbit hole just swallowed me up.

@thekillerpillow 3 года назад

Everybody a linguistics fan until colorless green ideas sleep furiously.

@wallalalo 3 года назад

Still a fan

@thekillerpillow 3 года назад

@@wallalalo Chomsky would be proud. Keep fanning, you cunning linguist, you!

@Fussfackel 3 года назад

But has the sentence "Furiously sleep ideas green colorless" ever occured in English?

@thekillerpillow 3 года назад

@@Fussfackel Oh yeah, I say it all the time, kind of my calling card at social events before they curiously (or perhaps, furiously) kick me out. I'm not sure why.

@TheSassi14 3 года назад

@@thekillerpillow Don't change your calling card but chose different social events. You calling card is awesome!

@emdadahmed5592 3 года назад

I would like to remind you all that, 🍌🍌🍌 = chom choms

@crashcourse 3 года назад

very important

@rikzalmuhammad1731 3 года назад

🍌🍌🍌 = pisang (indonesian language) 🍌🍌🍌= koi (my local language, ternate language, a region in eastern part of indonesia)

@dextera-tx1099 3 года назад

@@rikzalmuhammad1731 romoi romdidi raange itu yang kta blajar di smp

@willbarmby4242 3 года назад

Crash Course Philosophy was the bom diggity

@zidani.s6712 3 года назад

🍌

@ericBorja520 3 года назад

I love how inclusive this is of signed languages

@reNNDinclusus 3 года назад

As a field, Linguistics is inclusive of signed languages as a rule. They are classified as languages in their own rite, not a way of speaking a different language (I get frustrated when people think ASL is just a way of speaking English with your hands, because it really isn't). Any linguist worth their salt would not try to claim otherwise.

@ariadnavezuvian8458 3 года назад

@@reNNDinclusus yes but many people, unless in my country, just don't talk about this. Yes, technically they consider singh lenguage as a lenguage but never mentioned it in public.

@someonerandom704 3 года назад

Signing and vocalizing aren't mutually exclusive. In Mandarin, for example, you'll see a lot of native speakers wave their hands with the tones of the each syllable. Italians are known for being very physically expressive too, it just helps strengthen whatever meaning they're conveying.

@reNNDinclusus 3 года назад

@@someonerandom704 That's not the same as a signed language, though. What you're referring to is a form of paralanguage. Paralinguistic hand gestures can be used in combination with language to emphasize a point or mediate the emotional tone of their message, as can facial expressions and body language. However, this does not count as a component of the spoken language. The hand gestures that accompany speech in face-to-face communication between speakers of Italian or Mandarin don't substantially change the lexical content of the message being conveyed, they do not serve a grammatical purpose, and they are not necessary for understanding the content of the message. If hand gestures were a component of languages such as Mandarin or Italian, it would not be possible to carry out a phone call in these languages. To contrast, the signs in signed languages are linguistic, not paralinguistic. They each have a discrete lexical and/or grammatical meaning, and can be used in sequences to express statements as complex as anything you can say with a spoken language. I don't currently know of any languages that require both vocalization and hand signs in combination. It's not impossible that such multimodal languages could exist, though. I do hope CC makes an episode on paralinguistics, though. It's actually a very fascinating topic.

@esmeraldaherrera6803 3 года назад

Ofcouse ASL is include 😄 it’s a that is a form of language a form of communication linguistic is more about the communicating, my professor always make funny jokes saing the transfer of imagery from my brain to your brain in the form of language phonology sound or non phono hand gestures body language images and symbols like a red octave with funny scribbles of what it’s symbolic for which is a stop sing so always remember ASL is part of linguistics ☺️

@ulyssesdossantosnazareno6190 3 года назад

My name is Ulysses. I'm Brazilian and I've been teaching English for over 40 years. This crash course will certainly brush up my working area.

@someonerandom704 3 года назад

eu estudio o português brasileiro e o considero um caso muito lingüisticamente interessante. Os acentos, as gírias e as expressãos sobre brasil mudam bem mais apesar de que a lingua só é de um país num continente diferente.

@annikarogov 3 года назад

When you show up to class before the bell rings

@stocktonjoans 3 года назад

Terry Ptatchett was a linguistics MASTER: “The forest of Skund was indeed enchanted, which was nothing unusual on the Disc, and was also the only forest in the whole universe to be called -- in the local language -- Your Finger You Fool, which was the literal meaning of the word Skund. The reason for this is regrettably all too common. When the first explorers from the warm lands around the Circle Sea travelled into the chilly hinterland they filled in the blank spaces on their maps by grabbing the nearest native, pointing at some distant landmark, speaking very clearly in a loud voice, and writing down whatever the bemused man told them. Thus were immortalised in generations of atlases such geographical oddities as Just A Mountain, I Don't Know, What? and, of course, Your Finger You Fool. Rainclouds clustered around the bald heights of Mt. Oolskunrahod ('Who is this Fool who does Not Know what a Mountain is') and the Luggage settled itself more comfortably under a dripping tree, which tried unsuccessfully to strike up a conversation.”

@Ganymedescup 3 года назад

I love me some Pratchett. Thanks for the excerpt from The Light Fantastic. I cherish a particular passage from his book Lords and Ladies for the way it uses language.

@IgnisDomini97 3 года назад

This is based on real-life occurrences with place names in America, lol. There are rivers named "River," mountains named "Mountain", etc.

@stocktonjoans 3 года назад

@@IgnisDomini97 i know, that's what makes pratchett so great

@yucol5661 3 года назад

Ignis Domini Sahara Desert, Gobi Desert, Kalahari Desert. All words that where used describe rather than name the areas

@Ugly_German_Truths 3 года назад

@@IgnisDomini97 Rivers named River or even "Water" are everywhere in basically all languages. Even irish and scottish names will just be things like Blackpool (Dublin is an example). And i think Pratchett got it more from the urban Legend about "Kangaroo" meaning "I have no idea" or something like that. (Linguists have not truly identified the dialect originating it but there are half a dozen candidates with more intelligent meanings that could have been butchered by an englishman to "kangaroo"...)

@chris-hayes 3 года назад

I love Swahili's "chafya" for sneeze. It's so satisfying to say.

@pikanin876 3 года назад

I love linguistics, very excited that Crash Course is doing this :D

@savannah4439 3 года назад

I’m so excited!!!! I’ve been asking for this every year on the nerdfighteria census for so long that I’ve gone through college and graduated with a degree in linguistics lol

@fairyfellermasterstroke 3 года назад

Uh...

@snowyyyyyyyyyyyyy 3 года назад

iconic!

@tuxino 3 года назад

Right at the end, you touch upon a very important thing to understand: Often there is no single, direct translation from one word in one language to one word in a different language. This is because often words have multiple related (but different) meanings, and in a different language those meanings might have each their own words. As an example, take the word "date", which has several meanings in English: 1) (noun) a reference to a day and possibly year: 2020-09-12 2) (verb) the act of assigning an age, period or date(1) to an object: He dated the find to 70CE. 3) (noun) a social event with a partner - often of a romantic nature. 4) (noun) the partner taken on a date(3). 5) (verb) the act of going on a date(3) with a date(4). And sometimes there are even words that are written identically to other words, such as: 6) (noun) a kind of fruit. Just because those first 5 meanings use the same word in English, there's no good reason to assume they will be using the same word in another language. And the fruit is very unlikely to have a similar name to anything related to calendars or scheduling. Edit: typo.

@MichaelHopcroft 3 года назад

There is a song from the web series RWBY in which two singers, one male and one female, describe how red hot dangerous they are, with the end of each chorus saying "I'm a tad mean, but I'm not afraid to take you out". Now there are two meanings to the term "Take you out". One is to knock out/kill/make incapable of further fighting someone. The other is to go out on a date. Now here's where it gets squicky -- the singers are, in real life, father and daughter. The first meaning is what they intended, but the second is still there -- and if you know who sings the duet is very disturbing. The song is ti8tles "Caffeine" if you want to look it up. It rocks, by the way.

@pumaconcolor2855 3 года назад

It might not be possible to translate a concept using a single word of the target language and in some situation the culture associated with it doesn't have the concept at all .

@bangscutter 3 года назад

For languages within similar language families, it may be possible to still do transliteration to some extent. But it gets problematic for very different languages from different families. This is the main reason why automated computer translations do a horrible job at translating between different language types. Computers are very good at translating individual words but horrible at discerning context and social nuances. Through neural networks, an AI can be trained of course, but your best bet is still a human fluent in both languages.

@FastBowtie388 3 года назад

Wait... linguistics is Not the study of linguini? Life has no meaning anymore......

@someonerandom704 3 года назад

@Language and Programming Channel "The year is 4328. Argentinian spanish now pronounces 'll' as [ɬ], and italians can no longer communicate without cooking."

@ANTSEMUT1 3 года назад

That would be linguiniology studies part of the culinary studies faculty.

@someonerandom704 3 года назад

@@ANTSEMUT1 How many languages distinguish between a voiceless saucified noodle fricative and a voiced prosciutto lateral approximate?

@MichaelHopcroft 3 года назад

Then you have to give it some. Maybe with a passion for pasta-making as a start.

@FastBowtie388 3 года назад

Off topic but since we're talking culinary subjects.... I ordered the Ken Onion Work Sharp knife sharpener. I can wjole heartedly recommend it! If you want to save time and be safer not working to cook meals, that thing will allow razor sharp edges! I found mine online for 98.00.... don't spend the 150.00-200.00 others are asking. :-) Also worked to sharpen my mandoline!

@CoolisKid 3 года назад

I love the inclusion of non spoken language like ASL from the get go, really great and inclusive to none hearing folks!

@OHYS 3 года назад

Deaf folks. Since when.was deaf a swear word?

@CoolisKid 3 года назад

sad boi idk my brain just decided to write it that way I’m not trynna make a statement or anything lol

@chelsey8737 3 года назад

Ikkkr I almost majored in Asl so I get excited when its talked about positively

@esmeraldaherrera6803 3 года назад

@bobtube414 3 года назад

Mikey, is that you? Keep rocking the flag

@QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 года назад

“We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.” ― Alan Watts

@chris-hayes 3 года назад

But our own combination of those thoughts and emotions make them our own, duality of patterning ehh?

@MichaelHopcroft 3 года назад

It would be very hard to have a coherent thought without some sort of language or other. That's human nature. We are Descartes' "Thing that Thinks", and the reason we are the Thing that Thinks is that we have a medium with which to coordinate and express our thoughts -- which is language.

@TheGuywithaChannel 3 года назад

@@MichaelHopcroft *Cough* *cough* Genie *cough* *cough*

@gracebee8718 3 года назад

I literally just started linguistics for my college science requirement and I am already so overwhelmed! With no direct instruction (online learning) I thought I would check out and see if Crash Course had linguistics......looks like great minds think a like! How often will episodes be published? I am super excited and grateful!!

@snowyyyyyyyyyyyyy 3 года назад

usually it's every week iirc?

@QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 года назад

“Because without our language, we have lost ourselves. Who are we without our words?” ― Melina Marchetta

@1.4142 3 года назад

true true

@hh-qy8zt 3 года назад

Melina!! author of Jellicoe Road!!

@christiana1218 3 года назад

I started a linguistics course this term and I'm so stoked for this series !

@Quintinia 3 года назад

Yessss I've been waiting ages for this series! I'm so thrilled you're treating signed languages on the same level as spoken languages and taking a hard stance against prescriptivism!

@cjwhitmore1881 3 года назад

Finally! My favorite academic subject outside the fine arts! I can't wait!

@jakkuwolfinsomnia8058 3 года назад

I really enjoyed linguistics back in college, it’s very enlightening

@rezzoc91 3 года назад

I'm a volunteer trying to promote and preserve a regional language called Ligurian and I'd love to study linguistics to be more proficient in my efforts, but since I'm a Nurse I have little time for a second degree in my life, so a course like this on RU-vid is at least a nice tool for an enthusiast like me to orientate himself! I love it already!

@linguisticspundit2094 3 года назад

This is awesome! Languages are really fascinating, so I was hoping you'd make a Linguistics series since the start of the channel.

@Crescent-Adam 3 года назад

Super excited for this series and even more excited the host talks at a speed conducive for understanding when I bump it to x2 :D

@rimkhiari4121 3 года назад

Thanks for this course ♥️ I'm a linguist myself and I find these introductory courses very refreshing and informative.

@EonStormcrow 3 года назад

Me too! Honestly, when I saw this, the first thought that came to me was, "I need this. I can't even remember the definition of morphology..."

@divicool72 3 года назад

this presenter has such a lovely manner - both calming and engaged :)

@JohannXIV 3 года назад

And she's almost certainly a Sconnie. They're the best

@rrrosecarbinela 3 года назад

I agree. Taylor is awesome. Check out her other channel, "It's Radish Time." She has a lot of very interesting things to say.

@oztgap69 3 года назад

Years ago in my philosophy course my professor did a lecture about linguistics and honestly it really turned me onto the idea of how people communicate. So excited to see where this goes

@jaxi-fye 3 года назад

I'm dyslectic and instead of trying just to remember the way something is written I turn to Linguistics to find a reason WHY something is written that way. Also, Linguistics can really showcase how history effects us still. Local dialects and accents are hold very dear, even if the origin of said dialect comes from a decade ago. I had a friend who could tell where your parents were born simply from the way YOU pronounced your words. Quite fascinating :)

@xlb525 3 года назад

To everyone who asked me "So what exactly do you study in Linguistics?"

@snowyyyyyyyyyyyyy 3 года назад

i've been waiting for this series for years! this is so exciting!!

@martynab6075 3 года назад

Studied Linguistics for two years at university alongside my degree. I learned more from this video than the actual courses at uni

@TheMattastic 3 года назад

This is amazing stuff. I've been interested in linguistics for a long time and I've written a couple of conlangs, but often find it hard to get to grips with some concepts, so I'm really excited to learn some new things.

@JAlexanderG 3 года назад

I can't wait to watch this series. It's going to be quite eye opening, and fun! Thank you!

@SueSolberg 3 года назад

Squee! Both excited to see this series AND to see the writers are the hosts of one of my favourite podcasts. This is going to be such fun!

@tijmen5149 3 года назад

I *love* this series already! Thank you, Crash Course! And I appreciate the use of sign language as an equal, which I’m not used to in the Netherlands. Loves.

@barakahs 3 года назад

Oh my goodness I have been looking for a video like this for the past few weeks and I stumbled across this just now and was excited to see how recently it was posted! Very excited for this series!!

@trace_tomorrow 3 года назад

I just found your channel on RU-vid yesterday and now you’re hosting a crash course I’m interested in? Awesome!

@KatrinaEames 3 года назад

I already wish this series was going to be longer - there's so much to learn!

@Sarah-xt3kj 3 года назад

I’ve been wanting a linguistics Crash Course for YEARS, I’m so looking forward to this!

@tunakarasu8257 3 года назад

I've been waiting for this. I'm very excited about the series!

@Anthony-tl5cx 3 года назад

Great stuff! This is a wonderfully broad and easy to understand introduction video. I can't wait to see the rest!

@Curry-tan- 3 года назад

Perfect timing! Everyone needs to be mindful of language, all the more in democracies and in messaging. I'd asked for a Crash Course in studying rhetoric and this is even better.

@ameliatang4158 3 года назад

Finally - a crash course in Linguistics!! I’m so happy as an undergrad in Linguistics. Been waiting for so longgg 🙌

@user-ck1vr1ow1i 3 года назад

I feel so lucky to have this series as I'm taking linguistics this semester.

@Lemonzest96 3 года назад

This is so relaxing compared to your other topics I can tell I’m gonna love this series 🥺

@caligjl 3 года назад

Before this drives me insane, is "gavagai" a word for rabbit or bunny in any world language, or did you just make it up for the example?

@IceMetalPunk 3 года назад

It's a word used by W. V. Quine for an example of indeterminacy of reference in language, as it's used here. He claimed it was an Arunta word (the Arunta being an aboriginal Australian tribe), but I haven't found any source that backs it up as being a real word, so it was likely made up by him for the example.

@Garblegox 3 года назад

Gavagai is the word for "My stolen yellow neckerchief"

@astrasaer8973 3 года назад

Yess!! My major! I have waited so long to see a Crash Course Linguistics series!

@itll_be_owlright 3 года назад

Yes!!! I've always wanted something like this! I'm so excited. You did so well. Thank you

@abdelalibarghout8987 3 года назад

We love this series. Keep it up and make additional sub-courses about it.

@Nathouuuutheone 3 года назад

Oh hell yes! That's a series I've been expecting for a while!

@cjwhitmore1881 3 года назад

I'm really glad Crash Course is taking on this subject! It's extremely important in the pursuit of understanding those around us and how to manipulate language; yet, it's usually only briefly touched upon in language arts, foreign language classes, music, and computer programming courses until you reach university.

@cameronwheatley7065 3 года назад

So interesting, can't wait for the rest of the series!

@CarpenterErynn 3 года назад

I have been wanting this series for SO LONG!

@nateweinand4209 3 года назад

This is a great start! Really excited for this series!

@queenceronimo 6 месяцев назад

These lectures are so beneficial for students who try to learn English and improve listening skills. Thanks a lot.

@Aaaurel 3 года назад

To the early squad reading this: sending virtual hugs to everyone who needs it

@yama_noki 3 года назад

*sending the hugs back in kind*

@PrincessOfTheYew 3 года назад

Love you, boo ✨🦜❤️✨

@melissateodola1887 3 года назад

Thanks. Now stop hugging me.

@Aaaurel 3 года назад

Melissa Teodola 😁🤗🤗🤗

@nonominox 3 года назад

This is my dream come true! I'm very passionate about Linguistics and to see other people feeling the same way I do is just so amazing!

@taffythelogolept4490 3 года назад

I AM SO STOKED I CRIED!!! I loooooove linguistics and have been asking for this FOR EV ER. I even attempted my own podcast to make this kind of thing happen. Of course, you all do it so much better than I ever could. I'M SO PUMPEEEEDDDD!!!

@mandiemalott6001 3 года назад

Omg, I JUST started my first linguistics course in Uni, I’m so happy this is coming out now! Thanks Crash Course!!

@Jeeesssi 3 года назад

Amazing video>< I will eagerly wait next series!

@Booky42 3 года назад

Brilliant course, I'm so excited for this! Potentially a linguistics major, this is very helpful.

@gdwn2704 3 года назад

YES! You dont know how much i waited for this topic to finally in crsh course. Thank You so much. Im so intrigued and interested in Linguistics and this video (and i hope future videos) will keep me hooked and entertained.

@lewannabestar 3 года назад

You can literally study from all the crash course videos and know everything you need to know.😭💕

@sayakchoudhury9711 3 года назад

I have been waiting for this series forever!!❤️❤️

@mageovoid9145 3 года назад

so glad crash course is doing linguistics series now , i’m excited!

@andarted 3 года назад

Oh yeah, I already fell in love with the subject. Great first episode!

@rrrosecarbinela 3 года назад

Anticipando los proximos 15 videos! Gracias!

@517moe 3 года назад

YESSSSSS I've been waiting for Crash Corse Linguistics since I knew Crash Course! So exciting!!

@dannafernandez3987 3 года назад

OMG OMG OMG this is all I have ever wanted from this channel T.T you da best Crash course

@UntangledKnots 3 года назад

Glad to see them reaching all different areas of academics. Hope they start marking really specific series, like videos about specific languages, histories of more individual countries, etc etc etc

@Caritoleiva 3 года назад

I’m so happy with this course, I can’t wait for the next video!

@porco1914 3 года назад

I've been waiting for this for sooooo long! Yay!

@mateeamichinici4707 3 года назад

Loving this so far! This course is gonna be AWESOME ❤️ Sending love from Romania

@meabh4877 3 года назад

Ahh Taylor so excited to see a crash course, I've been watching it'sradishtime for ages

@kats8776 3 года назад

Great first video! Excited for the next one!

@belgaer4943 3 года назад

I really like how much sign language is included in this! It feels really valuable, especially because a lot of people don’t really think of sign language as a “real language”

@leenaf8322 3 года назад

Sign languages have been considered "real languages" in the field of linguistics for a long time

@andreaperezluna2bli837 3 года назад

I´ve been waiting all this time to see this section of linguistic in crash course, Thanks a lot!!

@alikaafrica2382 3 года назад

I am sooooooo excited for this series

@nutier 3 года назад

Awesome video ! I enjoy it so much , because I begin to learn the language from your advice . thank you for sharing .

@atriskeel5427 3 года назад

I can't wait for this series. Thanks, Crash Course ❤❤

@wherethebirdsgo 3 года назад

extremely looking forward to this. love the presentation and I've always wanted to be able to dive into academic linguistics but have been unable to get into the universities that offer it. Thank you!

@elamiri858 3 года назад

I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS SERIES!

@benorifsalah520 2 года назад

Just wow! I liked how things were put together. I am a big fan

@addo3198 3 года назад

I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS!!!!!! THANK U FOR MAKING THIS 😊

@haythamfaisal8113 3 года назад

About time to start this series. Looking forward to.

@meem2477 3 года назад

I'm so excited for this series!!!

@vikyantakinawa5450 3 года назад

I have been a long time fan of linguistic studies, ever since I decided I wanted to learn my first language outside of English; that being German. The similarities to Eng. /Deu. alone got me into the history of English, and the Germanic langs, all the way back to PIE. And phonetics, and Orthography! Me haven made a pair of Conlangs, and several unique writing systems! I am existed to see more from this series! And as a fan of Crash Course, I know this will be great, and jam packed full of information! Keep up the good work!

@Ryanisthere 3 года назад

DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I HAVE WAITED FOR THIS SERIES

@KurtUnger 3 года назад

So excited for this series!

@nekkidnora 3 года назад

Oooh, this is gonna be exciting- also very exciting to see you include sign languages! I mean, I would expect you to, but... not always something people think of? And not a ton of people mention that there are hundreds of sign languages, either, but you managed to casually put two different ones in here, and that fills me with those warm fuzzy feelings.

@omniashawky9960 3 года назад

This is awesome. I love how you've simply but effectively explained the these main features of language. One suggestion, maybe try to mention the name of the linguist behind every linguistic theory mentioned (e.g. Saussure -> the arbitrariness of the signs)