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Crash Course Linguistics

Phonetics 2 - Vowels

Season 1 Episode 9

In English, we have 5 (well, sometimes 6) vowel letters, but way more vowel sounds. That’s where the IPA can help us! We learn about vowels, those sounds you can sing with your mouth open, and how we can represent them clearly using the IPA.
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Writing Systems
11:55
Season 1 Episode 16
Writing Systems
We learn about orthographies, the different components that make up a writing system.
Computational Linguistics
11:32
Season 1 Episode 15
Computational Linguistics
We learn about the process of programming computers to process human language.
World Languages
11:31
Season 1 Episode 14
World Languages
We explore factors to learn about world languages and linguistic diversity.
Language Change and Historical Linguistics
12:23
Season 1 Episode 13
Language Change and Historical Linguistics
We learn about how and why languages change.
Language Acquisition
11:02
Season 1 Episode 12
Language Acquisition
We learn about language acquisition and how the process differs for babies and adults.
Psycholinguistics
11:13
Season 1 Episode 11
Psycholinguistics
We learn about psycholinguistics - the field of study of language and the brain.
Phonology
11:49
Season 1 Episode 10
Phonology
We learn phonology and the different phonological systems we see in languages.
Phonetics 1 - Consonants
11:16
Season 1 Episode 8
Phonetics 1 - Consonants
We begin our discussion of phonetics, the study of speech sounds.
Sociolinguistics
11:32
Season 1 Episode 7
Sociolinguistics
Learn about the linguistic differences between languages based on various factors.
Pragmatics
10:07
Season 1 Episode 6
Pragmatics
We cover Grice’s Maxims and the different types of conversational styles.
Semantics
10:49
Season 1 Episode 5
Semantics
We learn about semantics and how words' meanings change over time.
Syntax 2 - Trees
10:53
Season 1 Episode 4
Syntax 2 - Trees
We break down what roles different types of words and phrases play within a sentence.
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