Crash Course Linguistics

Language Acquisition

Exposure to language as infants doesn’t just help us say those first words but gives us the tools we need to acquire advanced language skills and learn more languages later on in life. We learn about language acquisition and how the process differs for babies and adults.

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Writing Systems

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

Computational Linguistics

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

World Languages

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

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