Has anyone studied linguistics and then gone on to learn another language? Was it any easier?
I have just read in The Horse, The Wheel and Language that Hopi grammar requires specifying how you know the information (first hand, second hand, or eternal truth); it occupies a similar level of importance to tenses and plurals in English. This made me think that maybe taking a tour of linguistics and picking up a language with complementary structure might be a useful tool for clarifying thinking.
it helped my writing massively. (and helps me to edit other people’s writing and importantly—explain why a change is better)
helps me to understand some psychology of word choices that people (and I myself) make and have tidbits of insights into preferences or avoidances based on language choice.
helps me to overhear context of other languages when I hear them. I get a clue of what’s going on by having a sense of language structure.
I feel like I could pick up a new language fairly easily by going to a foreign country and staying there a while. (unfortunately no proof of this or how I know it)
Has anyone studied linguistics and then gone on to learn another language? Was it any easier?
I have just read in The Horse, The Wheel and Language that Hopi grammar requires specifying how you know the information (first hand, second hand, or eternal truth); it occupies a similar level of importance to tenses and plurals in English. This made me think that maybe taking a tour of linguistics and picking up a language with complementary structure might be a useful tool for clarifying thinking.
I read language files textbook.
Have not tried to learn a language but I find:
it helped my writing massively. (and helps me to edit other people’s writing and importantly—explain why a change is better)
helps me to understand some psychology of word choices that people (and I myself) make and have tidbits of insights into preferences or avoidances based on language choice.
helps me to overhear context of other languages when I hear them. I get a clue of what’s going on by having a sense of language structure.
I feel like I could pick up a new language fairly easily by going to a foreign country and staying there a while. (unfortunately no proof of this or how I know it)