Linguistics You Say?
The scene opens on a desert outside of a town in New Mexico. People in black suits and black sunglasses stand around an odd circle in the sand full of strange markings. The agent in charge crouches down to take closer look at it. He then declares: “Get somebody from linguistics down here." That is what comes to mind when I hear the word linguistics. As I researched the subject of linguistics more, I realized the reality of the subject would unfortunately be less whimsical than my daydream of deciphering imprints left by an Einstein-Rosen Bridge. Despite my disappointment, however, I still found the topic intriguing. Linguistics pertains to the unlocking of the hidden secrets of language. Mainly, people who study linguistics …show more content…
There is one man, however, who is still living today. He so happens to be arguably one of the top linguists of all time. His name is Noam Chomsky. This man was a tremendous influence on the modern philosophy of language. Modern schools of linguistics everywhere strive to integrate his work on syntactic structure and formal classifications of linguistic structures into their curriculum. Not to say that he is the only notable linguist alive, there are others such as Bernard Comrie who focuses on linguistic typology. George Lakoff is known for an interesting thesis that the central metaphors a person uses to explain complicated circumstances substantially impacts the course of their lives. George Lakoff, along with many other influential linguists who are now professors, was greatly influenced by Noam Chomsky. Some of them were personally advised by Noam Chomsky. It is necessary to also point out that not all of those who studied linguistics ended up researching and professing at a university. Others went on to become poets like W.S. Merwin or famous novelists like J. R. R. Tolkien. David Crystal wrote numerous linguistic books including one about Shakespearean text specifically and also works in broadcasting. There are also linguists who work for companies that use their expertize in language to help give products a name that will sell. Then of course there are linguistics who work for the government doing something that requires a top-secret security clearance. Perhaps I will be looking at messages from another end of space after
The scene opens on a desert outside of a town in New Mexico. People in black suits and black sunglasses stand around an odd circle in the sand full of strange markings. The agent in charge crouches down to take closer look at it. He then declares: “Get somebody from linguistics down here." That is what comes to mind when I hear the word linguistics. As I researched the subject of linguistics more, I realized the reality of the subject would unfortunately be less whimsical than my daydream of deciphering imprints left by an Einstein-Rosen Bridge. Despite my disappointment, however, I still found the topic intriguing. Linguistics pertains to the unlocking of the hidden secrets of language. Mainly, people who study linguistics …show more content…
There is one man, however, who is still living today. He so happens to be arguably one of the top linguists of all time. His name is Noam Chomsky. This man was a tremendous influence on the modern philosophy of language. Modern schools of linguistics everywhere strive to integrate his work on syntactic structure and formal classifications of linguistic structures into their curriculum. Not to say that he is the only notable linguist alive, there are others such as Bernard Comrie who focuses on linguistic typology. George Lakoff is known for an interesting thesis that the central metaphors a person uses to explain complicated circumstances substantially impacts the course of their lives. George Lakoff, along with many other influential linguists who are now professors, was greatly influenced by Noam Chomsky. Some of them were personally advised by Noam Chomsky. It is necessary to also point out that not all of those who studied linguistics ended up researching and professing at a university. Others went on to become poets like W.S. Merwin or famous novelists like J. R. R. Tolkien. David Crystal wrote numerous linguistic books including one about Shakespearean text specifically and also works in broadcasting. There are also linguists who work for companies that use their expertize in language to help give products a name that will sell. Then of course there are linguistics who work for the government doing something that requires a top-secret security clearance. Perhaps I will be looking at messages from another end of space after