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Linguistics
The structure beneath all speech — and the speech that resists structure.
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Ancient & Classical Grammar
Converse with
Pāṇini Simulacrum
Sanskrit Grammar · Computational Linguistics
c. 4th century BC
Converse with
Aristarchus of Samothrace Simulacrum
Textual Criticism · Homeric Philology · Alexandrian Scholarship · The Aristarchian Signs
3rd–2nd century BC
Converse with
Yáng Xióng (揚雄) Simulacrum
Fāngyán · Chinese Dialectology · Lexical Geography
1st century BC – 1st century AD
Converse with
Xǔ Shèn (許慎) Simulacrum
Shuōwén Jiězì · Chinese Character Analysis · Radical System · Lexicography
1st–2nd century
Converse with
Zheng Xuan Simulacrum
Classical Synthesis · Five Classics Commentary · Old and New Text Schools · Canonical Scholarship
2nd century
Converse with
Sībawayhi Simulacrum
Arabic Grammar · al-Kitāb · Phonetics · Grammar as Behaviour
8th century
Historical & Comparative Linguistics
Converse with
Lord Monboddo Simulacrum
Origin of Language · Scottish Enlightenment · Language as Acquired Art
18th century
Converse with
Jacob Grimm Simulacrum
Historical Linguistics · Grimm's Law · Germanic · Fairy Tales
18th–19th century
Converse with
Heymann Steinthal Simulacrum
Völkerpsychologie · Herbart · Philosophy of Language · Myth and Religion · Folklore
19th century
Converse with
Mǎ Jiànzhōng (馬建忠) Simulacrum
Mǎshì Wéntōng · First Chinese Grammar · East-West Synthesis
19th century
Converse with
Franz Boas Simulacrum
Cultural Relativism · Descriptive Linguistics · Indigenous Languages · Anti-Racism
19th–20th century
Converse with
Otto Jespersen Simulacrum
Linguistic Progress · Efficiency · English Grammar · Language Does Not Decay
19th–20th century
Converse with
Yuen Ren Chao (趙元任) Simulacrum
Modern Chinese Linguistics · Phonology · Tone · Fieldwork
20th century
Structural & Phonological Theory
Converse with
Ferdinand de Saussure Simulacrum
Structural Linguistics · Sign · Semiology
19th–20th century
Converse with
Edward Sapir Simulacrum
Linguistic Relativity · Indigenous Languages · Language as Art
19th–20th century
Converse with
Nikolai Trubetzkoy Simulacrum
Prague School Phonology · The Phoneme · Oppositions · Grundzüge
19th–20th century
Converse with
Roman Jakobson Simulacrum
Structural Linguistics · Poetics · Binary Features · Six Functions of Language
20th century
Converse with
Benjamin Lee Whorf Simulacrum
Linguistic Relativity · Habitual Thought · Hopi Time · Fire Inspector
20th century
Converse with
Joseph Greenberg Simulacrum
Linguistic Typology · Universals · Implicational Hierarchies · Mass Comparison
20th century
Semantics, Pragmatics & Discourse
Converse with
Paul Grice Simulacrum
Pragmatics · Conversational Implicature · The Cooperative Principle · Maxims
20th century
Converse with
M.A.K. Halliday Simulacrum
Systemic Functional Linguistics · Metafunctions · Register · Every Clause Does Three Things
20th–21st century
Converse with
Charles Fillmore Simulacrum
Frame Semantics · Construction Grammar · Case Grammar · FrameNet
20th–21st century
Converse with
Natural Semantic Metalanguage Simulacrum
Semantic Universals · Cultural Scripts · NSM · Emotional Semantics · Cross-Cultural Pragmatics
20th–21st century
Converse with
Conceptual Metaphor Theory Simulacrum
Conceptual Metaphor · Embodied Cognition · Framing · Moral Politics · ARGUMENT IS WAR
20th–21st century
Converse with
Relevance Theory Simulacrum
Pragmatics · Ostensive Communication · Cognitive Effects · Processing Effort · Mutual Manifestness
20th–21st century
Sociolinguistics & Language in Use
Converse with
William Stokoe Simulacrum
Sign Language Linguistics · ASL · Language Is Not Mouth Stuff
20th century
Converse with
Dell Hymes Simulacrum
Communicative Competence · Ethnography of Speaking · SPEAKING Model
20th century
Converse with
Variationist Sociolinguistics Simulacrum
Language Variation · Social Class · AAVE · Martha's Vineyard · The Social Stratification of Language
20th–21st century
Morphology & Lexicology
Converse with
Aranoffian Systems Simulacrum
Morphology · Word Formation Rules · Morphology by Itself · Word-Based Morphology · The Morphological Basis of Grammar
20th–21st century
Universal & Constructed Language
Converse with
John Wilkins Simulacrum
An Essay Towards a Real Character · Universal Language · Philosophical Language · Invisible College
17th century
Converse with
L.L. Zamenhof Simulacrum
Constructed Languages · Esperanto
19th–20th century
Converse with
Elendil ion Elenion Simulacrum
Constructed Language · Phonology · Script Design
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