marginalia.linguistics

  Who are linguists? What are their duties? What are the contributions that changed the concept of language from a narrow sense to a broader sense? In general, many of them believed that linguist is the one who knows so many languages and linguistics is the subject that teaches how to speak, how to write, and of course how to listen. A linguist deals with the analysis of any language. He is one who analyzes, formulates, and perpetuates a particular language and defines the uniqueness of that language. They can work on discrete languages, implement scientific methods to understand, defines the functions, and uncover the nature of that particular language. Every language in this universe has equal importance and relevance to document. Here follows a shortlist of the well - renowned linguists who widen the area of linguistics:  Panini (400-350 BCE) – Indian - Sanskrit Grammarian - Philologist Specialization: Father of linguistics Contribution: The  Ashṭādhyāyī  of ...

What is the difference between language, literature, and linguistics? When somebody shows this question, many of them sense that the answer to this question is so simple and familiar in fact. But someone wants the explanation  for  the same, then the question seems  troubling . Language as we all know is a medium used for communication. I.e., it is a conventional way to express emotions, feelings, and needs. The living bodies all over the universe have language. However, the language of humans is unique and it  is considered   as arbitrary. Language can be classified as verbal and non-verbal. The language in the form of written and spoken belongs to the verbal category and the signs ,  gestures; even  silence comes under the non-verbal mode of communication.  Literature is not so different from the function of what language does. It conveys the same emotions, feelings, and messages combined in a form of written works. The difference is ...