Introduction to Linguistics / Tagalog

[percival]

First things first: what with all the hoo-ha about the car (R.I.P.), visiting friends, going to Germany to celebrate Mum's birthday, I forgot to post that I have received a TON of BOOKS from the PHILIPPINES! YAY! Now all I have to do is learn Tagalog ... (huggles hellcatjelybean)

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Now, a user announcement:

It's very likely that I'm going to start teaching an Introduction to Linguistics course at Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, soon - i.e. in two weeks. Since quite a few of you seem to be interested in all matters linguistic, I plan to make my handouts available from my LJ. But since they will contain my RL name, I shall protect them - with a special Linguistics Friends filter. I may also add links to powerpoint slides and material on speech perception and sociolinguistics, if I get to teach that.

If you would like to be on that Linguistics filter, mail me (perceval@livejournal.com) or leave a note on this entry. I'm more than happy to provide support for the material I post - feel free to ask any questions you like. If you want to use some of the material for your own teaching, you're free to do so - just drop me a line to tell me you're using it!

Comments

[aome.livejournal.com]

Add me, please. :)

[shellebelle93.livejournal.com]

Add me! It sounds interesting and I just might learn something! Novel concept! :-)

[cynthia-black.livejournal.com]

Please add me too!

[jessanndi.livejournal.com]

Please add me too. If only you were doing this last year when I was studying it. Oh well. I could do it for my masters instead of the Gothic Novel?

[perceval.livejournal.com]

sorry, this distance learning option is not for credit ...

[themorningstarr.livejournal.com]

I think I would enjoy this. Add me please.

And I have general question: How is the study of a language different from the study of linguistics? Is that what linguistics is in simple terms--the study of language? Or is it more than that?

I was always interested in learning French, but I think the way foreign language is taught here is not very conducive to actually learning it. Would a better understanding of linguistics aid me in learning French?

[perceval.livejournal.com]

Language learning vs. Linguistics:
Linguistics is the study of how languages are structured, of how they are used to express meaning, and of how people use language to communicate. You can study a single language or dialect linguistically, or you can compare different languages or you can attempt to describe how languages in general work.

So you can study a language in the sense of learning it - or you can study a language in the sense of describing how it works.

A bit clearer now? ;)

French:
It depends on how you prefer to learn. Knowing some basic terminology of grammar will help you if you learn languages by understanding their structure. It will also make your teacher's task easier :)

[voxmaille.livejournal.com]

Please add me. :) :) :)

[spin1978.livejournal.com]

Please include me on the linguistics filter! Thank you.

[acemyth.livejournal.com]

I would most definitely like to be added to the filter, please.

[siri-eerin.livejournal.com]

omg plis... <----well I've got English down then

o.O

i'd be v. interested..I'm sure you knew though because you're absolutely WONDERFUL!!! *hugs*

[stolensocks.livejournal.com]

*waves*

I'm always interested in things like this!

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

Oh, me too, os gwelch yn dda?

Yay!

[h311ybean]

1. Hooray, the BOOX are there! I hope you enjoy them -- if you have any trouble with the language, just let me know! (Although I will admit that my own Filipino vocab may not be up to snuff, at least I'll be able to help you figure out meanings through context clues!)

2. Please add me to the filter! That should be KEWL -- I must admit I like to pick apart the meanings behind Filipino words in my spare time :)

[brightfame.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, please do add me.

[sarka.livejournal.com]

Yes please! It sounds so interesting.

[angelofthenorth.livejournal.com]

Gimme Gimme Gimme.

Looking forward to reading it - I did some linguistics in philosophy and psychology.

[violaswamp.livejournal.com]

Add me, please! I'm (hopefully) taking an Intro to Linguistics course this semester, so your entries should be both interesting and helpful :).