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Crash Course Linguistics

Syntax 2 - Trees

Season 1 Episode 4

There are many theories of syntax and different ways to represent grammatical structures, but one of the simplest is tree structure diagrams! In this episode of Crash Course Linguistics, we use tree structure diagrams to keep track of words and groups of words within sentences, and we’ll break down what roles different types of words and phrases play within a sentence.

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Writing Systems
11:55
We learn about orthographies, the different components that make up a writing system.
Computational Linguistics
11:32
We learn about the process of programming computers to process human language.
World Languages
11:31
We explore factors to learn about world languages and linguistic diversity.
Language Change and Historical Linguistics
12:23
We learn about how and why languages change.
Language Acquisition
11:02
We learn about language acquisition and how the process differs for babies and adults.
Psycholinguistics
11:13
We learn about psycholinguistics - the field of study of language and the brain.
Phonology
11:49
We learn phonology and the different phonological systems we see in languages.
Phonetics 2 - Vowels
11:34
We learn about 6 vowel letters and the numerous sounds we make when using them.
Phonetics 1 - Consonants
11:16
We begin our discussion of phonetics, the study of speech sounds.
Sociolinguistics
11:32
Learn about the linguistic differences between languages based on various factors.
Pragmatics
10:07
We cover Grice’s Maxims and the different types of conversational styles.
Semantics
10:49
We learn about semantics and how words' meanings change over time.
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