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This is a community for discussions related to topics and questions about linguistics, the scientific study of human language. For common questions, please refer to the FAQs below. For those looking to deepen their appreciation for linguistics, the reading list is a list of recommended texts on areas of linguistic and language research compiled by resident experts here at Reddit.
Popular Themes in r/linguistics
#1
Advice Requests
: "The Chaski Phoneme Project recordings are now available. In November 2023 I asked for volunteers to participate in the creating a collection of IPA sound recordings. All the recordings are now available on Kaggle. "
39 posts
Popular Topics in r/linguistics
#1
Q&a
: "Q&a weekly thread - October 07, 2024 - post all questions here!"
41 posts
#2
Language
: "Language and the Mind: Construction Grammar - Thomas Hoffmann - Introductory lectures to CxG"
22 posts
#3
Linguistics
: "Q&A weekly thread - February 24, 2025 - post all questions here!"
13 posts
#4
Phonetics
: "The Phonetics of Taiwanese"
9 posts
#5
Syntax
: "The indeterminacy of word segmentation and the nature of morphology and Syntax"
5 posts
#6
Lexicon
: "Universal and cultural factors shape body part vocabularies - Scientific Reports"
3 posts
#7
Proto Indo European
: "Evidentiality in Proto-Indo-European? Building a Case"
3 posts
#8
Morphology
: "The indeterminacy of word segmentation and the nature of Morphology and syntax"
3 posts
#9
Grammar
: ""Endangered Languages" by Chris Rogers and Lyle Campbell. Free public access."
3 posts
#10
Translation
: "Do minority languages need machine Translation? (2015)"
3 posts
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