Category:Linguistics

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Linguistics is the scientific study of human language, and someone who engages in this study is called a linguist or linguistician.

I am very interested in this field, but more of as a hobby than as a career. In any case, I will document what I learn about this field in this category.

I also speak a few languages and am learning more. Below is a list of the languages I speak either fluently or with a working knowledge (and continually improving):

  • English (mother-tongue)
  • German (college level)
  • Spanish (college level)

Phrases

hacks 
ad hoc implementations
Web 3.0 
semantic web
screen scraping 
a technique in which a computer program extracts text data from the display output of another program (see: "web scraping")

Other

idempotent 
(adj) describing an action which, when performed multiple times, has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed
outro (sometimes "outtro" or "extro") 
a literary term used to indicate the conclusion to a piece. It is the opposite of an intro.
fauxtography 
faked or staged photographs (aka "Photoshopping")

External links

Wikipedia articles on Linguistics

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Subcategories

This category has only the following subcategory.