It has been a while I got to write a blog. I am excited to spend more time on computation linguistics during this summer vacation after a busy time in school that just ended. I will be attending the second part of SLIYS (Summer Linguistic Institute for Youth Scholars) program offered by Ohio State University. I learned a lot about linguistics during the SLIYS camp last year. Last year, the focus was Phonetics, Sociolinguistics, Language Variation, Morphology, Syntax, Pragmatics, Semantics, Historical Linguistics, and Typology. I spoke to a consultant that knows how to Speak Hawaiian Creole (Pidgin) and saw how the sounds differ from English and word to word in their language.
Some things I learned in phonetics are that vowels differ from language to language. The soundings of the vowels also differ from language to language. The vocal cords in our neck also move depending on the sound we make. Sociolinguists study how linguists make sounds while talking to each other. Language Variation depends on how the language works, what their grammar rules are, and what sounds they make compared to other languages. Morphology is the study of internal structure and rules of the words in that language. Syntax is the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Pragmatics is a branch of linguistics dealing with a language in use and the contexts in which it is used. Semantics is the branch of linguistics concerned with meaning. Historical Linguistics is the study of history and development of languages. Typology is a classification according to general type.
I am excited to build upon this knowledge in the last week of June this year and will share my learnings afterwards.
Interacting world of Computers and Languages 