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/lit/, I've just realized over the past few days that grammar and linguistics interest me quite a bit.

Where do I begin?

>> No.5848575

The Greeks

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>>5848575
Specifically

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>>5848572
Depends if you want English, or just systems of language. Look into the free university programs online, they are pretty info heavy but hey your not writing an essay on this shit, take what you want and go with it. If it's just English your interested about I would still do the same.
Also you could try learning a language if you haven't, it helps make issues in linguistics much more apparent if you know another system of language.
Last but not least you might want to take a look into a symbolic logic intro for the more in depth linguistics endeavors, IE philosophy of language by Scott Soames.

>> No.5848632

>>5848572
>I've just realized over the past few days that grammar and linguistics interest me quite a bit

I'm sorry anon

>> No.5848643

>>5848625
>your not writing an essay
>your interested about

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>>5848643
I don't look over my posts to a laosian penpal forum, sorry...

seriously you got better things to do and so do i maybe it's studying grammer

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>>5848625
Both. I want to understand Language and the English language as best I can.

I'm already learning french and can see what you are saying. For example I noticed the problem with split infinitives showing up in English because doesn't really happen in French.

Any particular books? I'm thinking of getting Syntax by Andrew Carnie and Garner's Modern American Usage. Maybe even Elements of Style though people say its dated.

>>5848632
Don't be.

>> No.5848688

>>5848679
>grammer

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Come on /lit/ don't abandon me now

>> No.5848778

>>5848680
>For example I noticed the problem with split infinitives showing up in English because doesn't really happen in French.
Are you fucking retarded or something? Of course it doesn't happen in French, French infinitive uses particular declensions, not a "to".

>> No.5848782

>>5848680
b.a. in linguistics here

i think i have that Carnie book somewhere, i remember it being decent. i was always more of a phonetics/phonology guy myself though

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>>5848778
That's what...that's what I just said?

>>5848782
Help me out here. What exactly should I be reading to get a good understanding of language in general and English in particular? Descriptive and prescriptive for English (If i'm using those terms correctly here).

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>>5848782
Why do you tease me

>> No.5849996

language structure, development, formalists, chomsky,ipa...

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>>5848799
>>5849109
THESE IMAGES ARE WAY TOO 可愛い