Historical linguistics

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Early Traditions For a long time, linguists were trying to record the historical origins and developments of linguistics through different periods of time. Linguistics started in societies with a writing system like most sciences, and early developments in linguistics were considered part of philosophy, rhetoric, logic, psychology, biology, pedagogy, poetry and religion.

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Interested in linguistics and its branches, and need simple definitions? Let's learn all about what it is, its branches and types, the difference between language vs linguistics and the benefits of studying this field!

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• Tengwar and runes in a manuscript • “What I think is a primary ‘fact’ about my work, that it is all of a piece, and fundamentally linguistic in inspiration. The invention of languages is the foundation. The ‘stories’ were made rather to provide a world for the languages than the reverse. To me a name comes first and the story follows. It is to me, anyway, largely an essay in ‘linguistic aesthetic’, as I sometimes say to people who ask me ‘what is it all about’. “ - JRR Tolkien ✨ Foll...

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Matthew Cobb called my attention to this short article from io9 (he’s too lazy to post it himself), showing the history of the English language in graphic form. Triangulations blogger Sabio L…

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