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Intro to Linguistics

Dickson T

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This series ended on July 31, 2022. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

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About

[Schoolhouse Summer Camp] Linguistics is the science behind human languages, which we of course use all the time. In this series, we will cover a variety of fascinating concepts, tools, and trivia. Examples: - Concept: "Minimal Pairs" - Some languages care about certain sound distinctions while others don't, e.g. "ta" and "tha" in Hindi. - Tools: Why do vowels sound different from consonants? Praat plots a spectrogram of your speech so you can visually see the difference. - Trivia: English and the Austronesian language Mbarbaram both use the word “dog” to refer to canines.

Tutor Qualifications

I double-majored in Linguistics

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You are free to attend/skip whichever sessions you want.

Dates

July 3 - July 31

Learners

41 / 50

Total Sessions

4

About the Tutor

Teaching Saturdays at 9am US/Pacific. I’m a software engineer and a former CS TA in college. Looking forward to helping you achieve your learning goals and appreciate the usefulness of what you’re learning!

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