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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>The sci.lang FAQ</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#DDDDFF" TEXT="#000000"> <table width=100%> <tr><td> <H1>The sci.lang FAQ</H1> <FONT SIZE=+1><i><b>Frequently asked questions about linguistics</b></i></font> <td width=30%> <p><A HREF="default.html"><img src="home.gif" align=right border=0 alt="Home"></A> </table> <hr> <P>This is an expanded version of the FAQ posted periodically to the <A HREF="news:sci.lang">sci.lang</A> newsgroup. <BR>Original version written by <a href=mailto:[email protected]>Michael Covington</a>. <BR>Maintained by <a href="contact.html">Mark Rosenfelder</a>. <BR>Version: 2.29 <BR>Last modified Mar 3, 2002 <P>Recent changes: Added a question on <a href="lang30.html#31">etymology</a>. <P><B>Note</B>: This FAQ doesn't cover everything! Many good books and many important ideas are left unmentioned. All readers should be aware that linguistics is a young science and that linguists rarely agree 100% on anything. <P><B>Distribution</B>: All contents are copyright © by the respective authors. This file may be freely distributed electronically, or as handouts in linguistics classes. Please retain the author attributions and addresses, and this paragraph. Before using it in print, please contact the authors. <P><A HREF="default.html">[Back to Metaverse]</A> <P><HR> <font size=+1> <p><IMG Align=top SRC="redball.gif"><b><font color="#000040" size=+1 face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva"> Linguistics: What it is</font></b> <br><A HREF="lang1.shtml#2">What is <b>linguistics</b>?</A> <br> <A HREF="lang1.shtml#3">Does linguistics tell people how to speak or write <b>properly</b>?</A> <p><IMG Align=top SRC="redball.gif"><b><font color="#000040" size=+1 face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva"> Resources </font></b> <br><A HREF="lang1.shtml#1">What is <b>sci.lang</b> for?</A> <br> <A HREF="lang1.shtml#4">What are some good <b>books</b> about linguistics?</A> <br> <A HREF="lang15.html">What are some <b>stories and novels</b> that involve linguistics?</A> <br> <A HREF="lang17.html">Where can I get an electronic IPA font (or other <b>electronic resources</b>)?</A> <br> <a href="lang17.html#Websites">What are some linguistics-related <b>websites</b>?</a> <br> <A HREF="lang18.html#18">How do I subscribe to the <b>LINGUIST list</b>?</A> <p><IMG Align=top SRC="redball.gif"><b><font color="#000040" size=+1 face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva"> Language families </font></b> <br><A HREF="lang8.html">How are present-day languages <b>related</b>?</A> <A HREF="Langmaps.html">[Let's see a <b>map</b>]</A> <br> <A HREF="lang9.html#10">How do linguists decide that languages are <b>related</b>?</A> <br> <A HREF="lang21.html#22">What about <b>Nostratic</b> and <b>Proto-World</b>?</A> <br> <a href="lang21.html#24">How likely are <b>chance resemblances</b> between languages?</a> <p><IMG Align=top SRC="redball.gif"><b><font color="#000040" size=+1 face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva"> Theories </font></b> <br><A HREF="lang1.shtml#7">What do those <b>asterisks</b> mean?</A> <br> <A HREF="lang9.html#11">What is Noam <b>Chomsky</b>'s transformational grammar all about?</A> <br> <A HREF="lang21.html#29">What is the <b>Sapir-Whorf</b> hypothesis?</A> <p><IMG Align=top SRC="redball.gif"><b><font color="#000040" size=+1 face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva"> Sounds </font></b> <br><A HREF="lang18.html#19">How can I represent <b>phonetic symbols in ASCII</b>?</A> <br> <A HREF="lang21.html#23">What are <b>phonemes</b> and why's it so hard to lose a <b>foreign accent</b>?</a> <p><IMG Align=top SRC="redball.gif"><b><font color="#000040" size=+1 face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva"> Writing systems </font></b> <br><A HREF="lang9.html#9">Why do Hebrew and Yiddish [etc.] look <b>alike</b> if they <b>aren't</b> related?</A> <br> <A HREF="lang21.html#21">How do you look up a word in a <b>Chinese or Japanese dictionary</b>?</A> <p><IMG Align=top SRC="redball.gif"><b><font color="#000040" size=+1 face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva"> Puzzlers </font></b> <br><A HREF="lang1.shtml#5">How did language <b>originate</b>?</A> <br> <A HREF="lang1.shtml#6">What is known about <b>prehistoric language</b>?</A> <br> <A HREF="lang9.html#13">Are all languages equally complex, or are some more <b>primitive</b> than others?</A> <br> <A HREF="lang9.html#12">What is a <b>dialect</b>? 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(and other <b>myths</b> about language)</A> <br> <A HREF="lang9.html#14">What about <b>artificial</b> languages, such as Esperanto?</A> <br> <a href="lang21.html#25">How are <b>tone languages sung</b>?</a> <br> <A HREF="lang18.html#20">Is English a <b>creole</b>?</A> <br> <A HREF="lang21.html#27">Why do both English and French have <b>plurals in -s</b>?</A> <br> <A HREF="lang21.html#28">How did <b>genders</b> and cases develop in Indo-European?</A> <br> <A href="lang21.html#26">Why are there so many names for <b>Germany</b>?</a> <br> <a href="lang30.html#31">Where did (some word) <b>come from</b>? </a> </font> <hr> <p><A HREF="default.html">[ Home - including more linguistics resources ]</A> </BODY> </HTML>