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linguistics

vr.tr.linguistics · INF.KNW

Let an agent treat linguistics as a discipline with fields and methods, distinct from the languages it studies and from language teaching.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent treat linguistics as a discipline with fields and methods, distinct from the languages it studies and from language teaching.

The scientific study of language: its structure (sounds, words, sentences, meaning), use, variation, history and acquisition.

What it is for: Understanding how languages work, change and are learned, and supporting language technology, education and documentation.

It can be study and research it; document languages; apply it, in language technology, forensics and teaching; teach it.

Distinguishing features

Studies language scientifically, not prescriptively

Fields range from phonetics to pragmatics

Descriptive rather than normative

Distinct from learning particular languages

What it looks like

Grammars, dictionaries, corpora, transcriptions and papers; no single appearance.

How it is recognised

Phonetic transcriptions, glosses and syntax trees

Academic departments and journals

Discourse analysis and related applied fields

Related models

studies - its subject

language

is a kind of - discipline

science

underpins - applications

language technology

is confused with - a practical field

language teaching

In practice

Families and kinds

phonetics and phonology

morphology and syntax

semantics and pragmatics

sociolinguistics and discourse analysis

historical linguistics

psycholinguistics

computational linguistics

Identifiers

field classification OECD FORD 6.2 Languages and literature research classification

Standards and regulation

International Phonetic Alphabet

Leipzig Glossing Rules

Research ethics for work with language communities

Failure modes and hazards

Prescriptive claims presented as linguistic facts

Extraction of community language data without consent

Pseudo-scientific indices presented as established methods

Also called

discourse analysisEpoché Fidelity Index (EFI)Quasi-Subject Agency Recognition Index (QSARI)Dialectical Circulation Index (DCI)logometric analysiscritical discourse analysisdiscursive psychologyheteroglossialiterary and colloquial readings of Chinese charactersDanish sound-to-spelling correspondencesEstonian studiesbranch of linguisticsliterary readingscolloquial readingsphoneticsterminology scienceapplied linguisticsphilologyMāori linguistics and languageslanguage geographylinguistic demographyauditory phoneticsarticulatory phoneticsRussian phonologypreaspirationspeech segmentationLinguistic Atlas of Dolomite Ladin and neighboring dialectsaccentologyacoustic phoneticshistorical phonologyassibilationspeech acousticsepigraphyIrish studiesWelsh studiesPolabian language studiesRussian linguisticsMalay studiesAltai studiesneurolinguistics

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.linguistics-cognition

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Fields Branches of linguistics.

Fields locate a question.

Branch

Sub-discipline.

Branch

The relevant branch.

  1. Which branch of linguistics does this question belong to? definition
  2. Which neighbouring fields are relevant? definition

Theory

Frameworks.

Framework

Theoretical frameworks.

  1. Which theoretical framework is assumed? provenance
  2. Are there competing analyses? boundary
Methods How language is studied.

Methods decide evidence quality.

Data

Corpora, fieldwork, experiments.

Data

Data sources.

  1. What data supports the claim? provenance
  2. How representative is it? measurement

Analysis

Transcription and glossing.

Analysis

Analysis conventions.

  1. Which transcription and glossing conventions are used? provenance
  2. How reliable is the annotation? measurement
Applications Using linguistics.

Applications carry their own standards.

Language technology

NLP and speech.

Technology

Technology uses.

  1. How is linguistic knowledge used in this technology? definition
  2. Which languages are under-served? boundary

Forensic and education

Applied fields.

Applied use

Applied uses.

  1. Is forensic linguistic evidence reliable here? boundary
  2. How does it inform teaching? definition
Ethics Working with communities.

Language data belongs to communities too.

Consent

Community consent.

Consent

Consent for data.

  1. Did speakers and communities consent to this data use? boundary
  2. Who controls access? provenance

Claims

Descriptive vs prescriptive.

Claim type

Type of claim.

  1. Is this a descriptive finding or a prescriptive norm? boundary
  2. How should it be presented? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should fields of linguistics be separate entries?
  • How should agents distinguish descriptive and prescriptive claims?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming unestablished indices; should they be removed?
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