Linguistics thread

Hey all. Let's have a comfy thread for the linguists here.

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what does Veeky Forums think about dependency grammar, vs phrase structure

Just what IS Basque?

I want to get into linguistics. What are some good introductions?

David Crystal has a good intro book for laymen called "How language Works"

Or for a more academic intro, you could read "Course in General Linguistics" by OP-pic related

Basque is a language isolate, which means it is (in our understanding) not related to any other language (except Aquitanian, which is extinct). It is not indo-European and is the only language left in Europe from before IE swept through the continent.

What is the best language?

what do you mean by best language

I don't know shit about linguistics. I've read people call chomsky a rationalist due to his opposition to skinner (apparently an empiricist) and his idea of generative grammar, but I completely fail to see how that would put you in either of those categories. Can someone explain for a pleb like me?

How accurate are these (1/3)?

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