LING 1200- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 124 pages long!)
4 Dec 2017
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Linguistics: the science of people, what controls what people do and how they think in all aspects of human thoughts and behaviour. Among the youngest of the sciences (end of 1800"s) Conduct scientific research into the rules governing what people do and think. Conduct scientific research into the type and causes of maladaptive (=problems in think and behaviour) functioning and mental disorder. Goal: to develop method to help people overcome these problems. Conduct scientific research into the rules governing what people do and think, but not directly for the purpose of improving society. Conduct scientific research aimed at solving everyday problems people face. Ex: forensic linguistics: how do we organize an environment within a country to reduce the number of crimes committed linguists that aim to improve society. Conflicting information: gives clues of how to organize society better (useful for an applied linguist)
