Linguistics: Revision history

18 February 2007

• curprev 00:2700:27, 18 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 33,162 bytes +2,198‎ Innatism: rewrite and footnotes on Greenberg and Hockett

17 February 2007

• curprev 15:4115:41, 17 February 2007‎ imported>Max Bane‎ 30,964 bytes −110‎ →‎Properties of language: Deleted a stranded stentence fragment
• curprev 15:3815:38, 17 February 2007‎ imported>Max Bane‎ 31,082 bytes +8‎ →‎Innatism

14 February 2007

• curprev 15:4815:48, 14 February 2007‎ imported>Piotr Gąsiorowski‎ m 31,074 bytes +2,116‎ No edit summary
• curprev 01:4801:48, 14 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,070 bytes +664‎ Tried to simplify the paragraph on preposition stranding; moved technical stuff to footnotes
• curprev 01:3201:32, 14 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 30,406 bytes 0‎ Prescriptivism: deleted 'acrolect' and 'basilect' - need defining, and anyway these usually refer to ends of a creole continuum

12 February 2007

• curprev 04:4404:44, 12 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 30,404 bytes −2‎ bird flight -> bird song (better?)

10 February 2007

• curprev 04:0304:03, 10 February 2007‎ imported>David Tribe‎ 30,406 bytes +1,448‎ →‎Core areas: , ?
• curprev 03:5003:50, 10 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ m 30,405 bytes −3‎ spacing
• curprev 03:4803:48, 10 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 30,408 bytes +1,450‎ Fields of linguistics intro, and footnote/rewrite for 'language acquisition'
• curprev 03:3503:35, 10 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ m 29,843 bytes +885‎ Aitchison (2003: 87-99) ref
• curprev 03:3003:30, 10 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 29,843 bytes +10‎ 'Core areas' intro rewrite
• curprev 03:2803:28, 10 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 29,833 bytes +875‎ Had another go at the introduction - I think it should be shorter, i.e. less digression; still worth a rewrite, though
• curprev 02:4902:49, 10 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 30,128 bytes +190‎ 'History of linguistics' put back in and rewritten somewhat (not happy with it, though)
• curprev 02:4102:41, 10 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 29,956 bytes +18‎ Moved section in 'specificity of modern linguistics' to 'properties of language'
• curprev 02:3802:38, 10 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 29,938 bytes 0‎ Moved 'Historical linguistics' to bottom of 'approaches to studying language' list
• curprev 02:3702:37, 10 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 29,938 bytes +980‎ Moved 'The study of linguistics' back to top

7 February 2007

• curprev 13:1013:10, 7 February 2007‎ imported>Joshua Tauberer‎ 29,937 bytes +779‎ expanded intro

6 February 2007

• curprev 06:4206:42, 6 February 2007‎ imported>Martin Kalck‎ 29,158 bytes +197‎ what about this?
• curprev 04:1104:11, 6 February 2007‎ imported>Martin Kalck‎ 29,432 bytes +471‎ →‎History of linguistics: better? (else you can revert it)

5 February 2007

• curprev 09:0409:04, 5 February 2007‎ imported>Martin Kalck‎ 28,961 bytes +3‎ No edit summary
• curprev 09:0309:03, 5 February 2007‎ imported>Martin Kalck‎ 28,958 bytes −3,123‎ →‎History of linguistics: I fail to see the conncection between the text and the footnote
• curprev 06:3206:32, 5 February 2007‎ imported>Martin Kalck‎ 29,153 bytes +14‎ No edit summary

4 February 2007

• curprev 05:4605:46, 4 February 2007‎ imported>Gareth Leng‎ 29,139 bytes −308‎ →‎The study of linguistics
• curprev 05:3905:39, 4 February 2007‎ imported>Gareth Leng‎ 29,447 bytes −117‎ →‎History of linguistics
• curprev 05:3805:38, 4 February 2007‎ imported>Gareth Leng‎ 29,448 bytes −116‎ →‎History of linguistics
• curprev 05:2705:27, 4 February 2007‎ imported>Gareth Leng‎ 29,564 bytes −2,517‎ No edit summary
• curprev 04:5704:57, 4 February 2007‎ imported>Gareth Leng‎ 30,447 bytes −118‎ →‎Applied linguistics
• curprev 04:5404:54, 4 February 2007‎ imported>Gareth Leng‎ 30,565 bytes −106‎ →‎Innatism
• curprev 04:3804:38, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 30,641 bytes −50‎ Deleted wikibookspar template
• curprev 04:3804:38, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 30,691 bytes +280‎ Cognitive linguistics
• curprev 04:3504:35, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ m 30,532 bytes +121‎ Stylistics
• curprev 04:3404:34, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 30,411 bytes −260‎ Cleaned up some book references, including deleting some that seem obscure or too advanced
• curprev 04:3004:30, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,216 bytes +545‎ References in 'History of linguistics'; links in that section and elsewhere
• curprev 04:2004:20, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 30,671 bytes −1,410‎ ===Historical linguistics=== (better than 7language change'?)
• curprev 04:1604:16, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 30,572 bytes −2,147‎ Removed red language links at the bottom
• curprev 04:1504:15, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 32,719 bytes +816‎ see also ''applied linguistics
• curprev 04:1304:13, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 32,655 bytes −95‎ Collapsed the subfields sections into one and moved the stuff about innatism to its own subsection
• curprev 04:0904:09, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 32,750 bytes +847‎ Introduction to the 'Study of Language'
• curprev 03:5303:53, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 32,037 bytes +134‎ Generative linguistics
• curprev 03:4303:43, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,903 bytes −3‎ :''Main article: Linguistic prescriptivism.''
• curprev 03:4003:40, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,906 bytes −175‎ Prescription and Description: deleted bizarre Wikipedia personal attack on censors
• curprev 03:3903:39, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 32,081 bytes +3,521‎ Prescription and Description: spacing; italicised 'phonetics' up top
• curprev 03:3803:38, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 32,078 bytes +853‎ Prescription and Description: acrolect speakers; minor formatting
• curprev 03:3403:34, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 32,067 bytes +2‎ == Properties of language == -> Moved down to unite the sections about subfields
• curprev 03:2603:26, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 32,065 bytes +840‎ Clinical linguistics; Genie
• curprev 03:1903:19, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,834 bytes −74‎ Merged comparative and historical linguistics
• curprev 03:1603:16, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,908 bytes +537‎ ==Core areas==
• curprev 03:1503:15, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,891 bytes +519‎ New introductory paragraph for 'The Study of Linguistics'
• curprev 03:0503:05, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,372 bytes 0‎ UG (moved)
• curprev 03:0403:04, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,372 bytes +1‎ Morphology, semantics and pragmatics -> tried to clarify
• curprev 03:0103:01, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,364 bytes +7‎ added a negative to 'Syntax'
• curprev 03:0003:00, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ m 31,357 bytes +1‎ comma
• curprev 02:5902:59, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,356 bytes −15‎ Phon/phon: more reduction
• curprev 02:5802:58, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,371 bytes +146‎ Phonetics and phonology: trying to reduce and simplify
• curprev 02:5102:51, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,225 bytes +3‎ Applied linguistics: trying to clarify the second paragraph
• curprev 02:4602:46, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,222 bytes −3‎ universal (1st para.)
• curprev 02:4502:45, 4 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,225 bytes +2,665‎ First paragraph: another stab at explaning this subject

3 February 2007

• curprev 22:3422:34, 3 February 2007‎ imported>Joshua Tauberer‎ 31,276 bytes +2,700‎ →‎Prescription and description
• curprev 21:0921:09, 3 February 2007‎ imported>Joshua Tauberer‎ 29,225 bytes +649‎ various

2 February 2007

• curprev 03:2903:29, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 28,576 bytes +16‎ German
• curprev 03:2703:27, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 28,560 bytes −2,215‎ ISBN
• curprev 03:2603:26, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 28,540 bytes +185‎ Aitchison reference
• curprev 03:2303:23, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 28,355 bytes +99‎ Chomsky reference
• curprev 03:2003:20, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 28,256 bytes +143‎ References
• curprev 03:1803:18, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 28,113 bytes −3,418‎ Indo-European
• curprev 03:1603:16, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 28,099 bytes +30‎ Modified 'linguistic variation' and 'linguist' links: there seems to be a bug here as just using [ ] leads to an edit page
• curprev 02:5202:52, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 28,069 bytes −3,462‎ Add linguistic variation to 'study' section; cut the 'Variation' section and moved to its own page; modified 'universal' link
• curprev 02:4302:43, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,305 bytes −253‎ Capitalisation and deletion of duplicated 'syntax' section
• curprev 02:4102:41, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,558 bytes +27‎ co-operate
• curprev 02:3902:39, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,532 bytes −183‎ Shortened pragmatics section; ideally these 'core' sections should be quite short and snappy
• curprev 02:3702:37, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,715 bytes +82‎ Cook reference
• curprev 02:3602:36, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,633 bytes +94‎ UG + titled other areas and moved 'applied linguistics': need to distinguish between grammar components (syntax, phonology...) and the topics in which they're studied (language acquisition, etc.)
• curprev 02:2402:24, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,539 bytes +8‎ scientific
• curprev 02:2302:23, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,531 bytes −286‎ removed more duplication
• curprev 02:2302:23, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,711 bytes −455‎ Deleted duplicated info
• curprev 02:2202:22, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 32,166 bytes +349‎ Partial revert: put back and moved info on language acquisition
• curprev 02:1802:18, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,817 bytes +1,042‎ Pinker reference
• curprev 02:1202:12, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 31,643 bytes +868‎ Stab at rewriting the intro and adding footnotes
• curprev 01:5001:50, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 30,775 bytes +30,775‎ Pragmatics: tried to explain and exemplify more
• curprev 01:4201:42, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 30,698 bytes +143‎ Semantics: tried to give examples
• curprev 01:2801:28, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 30,422 bytes −133‎ Syntax: tried to simplify
• curprev 01:2001:20, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ m 30,555 bytes +558‎ pronunciation
• curprev 01:2001:20, 2 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 30,554 bytes +240‎ Partial revert: trying to simplify the introduction for laymen and avoid misleading readers into thinking that phonology is just phonetics for the brain

27 January 2007

• curprev 15:3315:33, 27 January 2007‎ imported>Joshua Tauberer‎ 30,314 bytes +1,286‎ Promoted the section on divisions of linguistics, since those categories are just as crucial as the theoretical ones
• curprev 15:2615:26, 27 January 2007‎ imported>Joshua Tauberer‎ 30,633 bytes +1,605‎ Revised the intro to include all of the major subfields of theoretical linguistics

24 January 2007

• curprev 22:3522:35, 24 January 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 28,957 bytes −71‎ Another edit
• curprev 05:0605:06, 24 January 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 29,028 bytes −969‎ Redefined other fields; added some references
• curprev 04:5604:56, 24 January 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ m 29,921 bytes 0‎ linguistics -> Linguistics
• curprev 04:4004:40, 24 January 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 29,921 bytes +56‎ References -> footnotes and changed other titles; footnotes in two columns

23 January 2007

• curprev 06:1706:17, 23 January 2007‎ imported>Anonymous ‎ m 29,865 bytes +31‎ Linguistics ON WHEELS moved to Linguistics: it was just a proof of concept
• curprev 06:1606:16, 23 January 2007‎ imported>Anonymous ‎ m 29,865 bytes 0‎ Linguistics moved to Linguistics ON WHEELS
• curprev 04:2204:22, 23 January 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 29,865 bytes +31‎ Category:Linguistics Live

22 January 2007

• curprev 03:1303:13, 22 January 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 29,834 bytes −163‎ 'Applied linguistics' does not equal 'second language acquisition'
• curprev 03:0903:09, 22 January 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 29,926 bytes −71‎ Problems of writing as an object of linguistic study - not sure about this; could be more even-handed?
• curprev 03:0503:05, 22 January 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 29,876 bytes −121‎ First language acquisition - not for writing
• curprev 03:0303:03, 22 January 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 29,997 bytes +29,997‎ Intro to 'speech versus writing'

21 January 2007

• curprev 05:4805:48, 21 January 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 29,719 bytes +20‎ Restored template

18 January 2007

• curprev 03:3203:32, 18 January 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 29,710 bytes +11‎ Rewrote a sentence in the intro to read better

27 December 2006

• curprev 07:2507:25, 27 December 2006‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ m 29,699 bytes +25‎ fixed morphology link