Crash Course Linguistics

Crash Course Linguistics

Crash Course Linguistics

Arts & Culture

Digital Series

Crash Course Linguistics

Arts & Culture

Digital Series

Welcome to Crash Course Linguistics! Linguistics is everywhere and is super useful for pretty much everyone. Over 16 episodes, Taylor Behnke will teach you all about language, from its structure, to the relationship between language and our identity, the brain, and computers, to writing, language acquisition, and the diversity of human languages!

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Writing Systems

Writing Systems

Season 1 Episode 16

Writing Systems

We learn about orthographies, the different components that make up a writing system.

Computational Linguistics

Computational Linguistics

Season 1 Episode 15

Computational Linguistics

We learn about the process of programming computers to process human language.

World Languages

World Languages

Season 1 Episode 14

World Languages

We explore factors to learn about world languages and linguistic diversity.

Language Change and Historical Linguistics

Language Change and Historical Linguistics

Season 1 Episode 13

Language Change and Historical Linguistics

We learn about how and why languages change.

Language Acquisition

Language Acquisition

Season 1 Episode 12

Language Acquisition

We learn about language acquisition and how the process differs for babies and adults.

Psycholinguistics

Psycholinguistics

Season 1 Episode 11

Psycholinguistics

We learn about psycholinguistics - the field of study of language and the brain.

Phonology

Phonology

Season 1 Episode 10

Phonology

We learn phonology and the different phonological systems we see in languages.

Phonetics 2 - Vowels

Phonetics 2 - Vowels

Season 1 Episode 9

Phonetics 2 - Vowels

We learn about 6 vowel letters and the numerous sounds we make when using them.

Phonetics 1 - Consonants

Phonetics 1 - Consonants

Season 1 Episode 8

Phonetics 1 - Consonants

We begin our discussion of phonetics, the study of speech sounds.

Sociolinguistics

Sociolinguistics

Season 1 Episode 7

Sociolinguistics

Learn about the linguistic differences between languages based on various factors.

Pragmatics

Pragmatics

Season 1 Episode 6

Pragmatics

We cover Grice’s Maxims and the different types of conversational styles.

Semantics

Semantics

Season 1 Episode 5

Semantics

We learn about semantics and how words' meanings change over time.

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