181: The Science of Linguistics (with Tom Scott)

This week Tom Scott joins us to chat about linguistics, the scientific study of language. If you learn anything from this episode, let it be that a conversation with someone that likes linguistics is always going to go off the rails with as many tangents as possible...Grab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.storeYou can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuysHelp keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon!http://patreon.com/sciguysIf you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Websitesciguys.co.ukTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@sciguysTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPodFacebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodFollow the SCI GUYS@notcorry / @lukecutforthReferences & Further Readinghttps://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/science-linguisticshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yLXNzDUH58https://linguistics.ucla.edu/undergraduate/what-is-linguistics/#:~:text=Linguistics%20is%20the%20scientific%20study,from%20other%20animal%20communication%20systems%3Fhttps://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-349-27346-1https://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/science-linguisticshttps://www.britannica.com/science/linguistics/The-20th-centuryhttps://www.google.co.uk/search?q=is+linguistics+a+science&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safarihttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=linguisticshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yLXNzDUH58https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttps://www.ipachart.com/https://linguistics.ucla.edu/undergraduate/what-is-linguistics/#:~:text=Linguistics%20is%20the%20scientific%20study,from%20other%20animal%20communication%20systems%3Fhttps://linguistics.uchicago.edu/undergraduate/why-study-linguisticshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/robtoews/2022/02/13/language-is-the-next-great-frontier-in-ai/https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/why-major-linguistics#:~:text=Linguistics%20is%20a%20major%20that,%2C%20and%20meaning%20(semantics).https://all-about-linguistics.group.shef.ac.uk/branches-of-linguistics/phonetics/#:~:text=Phonetics%20is%20a%20branch%20of,teeth%2C%20to%20produce%20particular%20sounds.https://all-about-linguistics.group.shef.ac.uk/branches-of-linguistics/phonology/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/01/difference-between-language-dialect/424704/https://www.britannica.com/topic/language/Historical-attitudes-toward-languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockett%27s_design_featureshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4544681/#:~:text=Hockett%20presented%20a%20list%20of,seven%20properties%20he%20identified%20previously.&text=To%20these%20he%20added%20vocal,feedback%2C%20semanticity%2C%20and%20discreteness.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6232916/https://www.thoughtco.com/syntax-grammar-1692182#:~:text=In%20linguistics%2C%20%22syntax%22%20refers,syntactic%20properties%20of%20a%20language.https://www.thoughtco.com/semantics-linguistics-1692080https://www.britannica.com/science/pragmaticshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/features/schwa/