1---2name: linguistics3description: Linguistics fundamentals4license: MIT5---67## What I do89- Apply linguistic principles to NLP10- Understand language structure11- Handle language variation12- Work with multilingual data1314## When to use me1516Use me when:17- Building linguistically-informed systems18- Handling language variation19- Creating multilingual applications2021## Key Concepts2223### Language Components24- **Phonetics**: Sound production and perception25- **Phonology**: Sound patterns and rules26- **Morphology**: Word formation27- **Syntax**: Sentence structure28- **Semantics**: Meaning29- **Pragmatics**: Language use in context3031### Key Linguistic Theories32- **Chomsky**: Transformational grammar, universal grammar33- **Saussure**: Signifier/signified, synchronic/diachronic34- **Austin/Searle**: Speech act theory35- **Grice**: Conversational implicature36- **Halliday**: Systemic functional grammar3738### Language Typology39- Word order (SVO, SOV, VSO...)40- Morphological typology (analytic, synthetic, polysynthetic)41- Case systems42- Gender and number
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