Language (general): Revision history

18 February 2024

• curprev 13:4813:48, 18 February 2024‎ Pat Palmer talk contribs‎ m 6,438 bytes −4‎ Text replacement - "meaning" to "meaning"

22 October 2014

• curprev 11:5611:56, 22 October 2014‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 6,442 bytes +6,442‎ Expansion of introduction; this is a minefield
• curprev 11:3911:39, 22 October 2014‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 5,794 bytes +5,794‎ However, this is probably better back where it was originally, to expand the introduction
• curprev 11:3711:37, 22 October 2014‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 5,787 bytes −233‎ as the link to the 'definition of language' article remains dead, this point is unnecessary for the moment

8 October 2014

• curprev 05:1505:15, 8 October 2014‎ imported>Stefan Olejniczak‎ 6,020 bytes +3‎ Moved some information in the intro to paragraph about other species
• curprev 05:0905:09, 8 October 2014‎ imported>Stefan Olejniczak‎ m 6,017 bytes +94‎ No edit summary

31 July 2014

• curprev 17:4917:49, 31 July 2014‎ imported>Anthony.Sebastian‎ 5,923 bytes +5,923‎ →‎Do other species have language?: add link to ''Babel's Dawn''
• curprev 17:4317:43, 31 July 2014‎ imported>Anthony.Sebastian‎ 5,801 bytes +5,801‎ →‎Do other species have language?: how can one recognize language?

15 November 2013

• curprev 15:3015:30, 15 November 2013‎ imported>Stefan Olejniczak‎ 5,345 bytes +5,345‎ →‎Types of 'language' and how it is studied

12 July 2011

• curprev 03:5903:59, 12 July 2011‎ imported>Stefan Olejniczak‎ m 5,266 bytes −11,370‎ →‎Origins of language
• curprev 03:5603:56, 12 July 2011‎ imported>Stefan Olejniczak‎ 5,264 bytes −11,372‎ addition

16 April 2010

• curprev 01:1001:10, 16 April 2010‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 4,969 bytes −11,667‎ {{dambigbox|language in general|Language}}

20 February 2010

• curprev 19:4119:41, 20 February 2010‎ imported>Meg Taylor‎ 4,927 bytes −242‎ copyedit

16 February 2010

• curprev 02:1402:14, 16 February 2010‎ imported>Meg Taylor‎ m 5,169 bytes −16‎ spelling: perview -> purview

2 June 2009

• curprev 02:0702:07, 2 June 2009‎ imported>Caesar Schinas‎ m 5,169 bytes −16‎ Remove Template:Linguistics

30 May 2009

• curprev 08:4208:42, 30 May 2009‎ imported>Caesar Schinas‎ m 5,185 bytes 0‎ Robot: Changing template: TOC-right

19 February 2009

• curprev 02:4702:47, 19 February 2009‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 5,185 bytes −11,451‎ I believe that people should be allowed to read brief intro before having to read the TOC

24 September 2008

• curprev 01:3301:33, 24 September 2008‎ imported>Chris Day‎ 5,183 bytes −11,453‎ No edit summary

21 September 2008

• curprev 20:5720:57, 21 September 2008‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ m 5,291 bytes −11,345‎ {{TOC-right}}

30 August 2008

• curprev 12:0312:03, 30 August 2008‎ imported>Gerald Moreno‎ 5,278 bytes +52‎ Spelling

1 June 2008

• curprev 22:1922:19, 1 June 2008‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 5,277 bytes +51‎ diasmbig note: 'language in general'
• curprev 22:1322:13, 1 June 2008‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ m 5,226 bytes 0‎ Language (linguistics) moved to Language (general): See Talk - moving it as 'general' is more accurate

28 May 2008

• curprev 05:5605:56, 28 May 2008‎ imported>Daniel Mietchen‎ 5,226 bytes −11,410‎ dambigbox
• curprev 05:4905:49, 28 May 2008‎ imported>Daniel Mietchen‎ m 5,168 bytes +1,942‎ Language moved to Language (linguistics): disambig

31 October 2007

• curprev 20:1520:15, 31 October 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 5,168 bytes +1,942‎ Added 'language origins' - this is moved from natural language, rewritten to remove WP content, and which was looked at by Pat Palmer and Supten Sarbadhikari

17 September 2007

• curprev 05:4805:48, 17 September 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 3,226 bytes −13,109‎ Put back {{linguistics}} - but to reflect the fact that other subjects are involved, it's not at the top
• curprev 05:4705:47, 17 September 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 3,210 bytes +2‎ Moved 'Formal, mathematical, and computer languages'
• curprev 05:4605:46, 17 September 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 3,208 bytes +167‎ Changed the natural languages part a lot - I don't want to see 'human language' because it implies animals have it too; have a look
• curprev 05:0705:07, 17 September 2007‎ imported>Lee R. Berger‎ 3,049 bytes +13‎ adding subpages

16 September 2007

• curprev 20:4020:40, 16 September 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 3,036 bytes −5‎ →‎Human languages (Natural languages): placing Linguistics more prominently in this paragraph

2 September 2007

• curprev 00:2300:23, 2 September 2007‎ imported>Richard Jensen‎ 3,041 bytes −12,111‎ we can drop history (topics like "linguistic history" are studied by linguists, not historians)

15 May 2007

• curprev 16:3716:37, 15 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 3,073 bytes +2‎ →‎Human languages (Natural languages): paragraph
• curprev 16:3716:37, 15 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 3,071 bytes 0‎ →‎Human languages (Natural languages): slight reword for better impact
• curprev 16:3616:36, 15 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 3,071 bytes +44‎ →‎Human languages (Natural languages)
• curprev 16:3516:35, 15 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 3,046 bytes +19‎ →‎Human languages (Natural languages)
• curprev 16:3216:32, 15 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 3,027 bytes +20‎ →‎Human languages (Natural languages)
• curprev 16:3116:31, 15 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 3,007 bytes −11,444‎ →‎Human languages (Natural languages): reword

14 May 2007

• curprev 06:0606:06, 14 May 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ m 2,904 bytes −11,547‎ Pedantic reordering of workgroups
• curprev 06:0506:05, 14 May 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 2,903 bytes +4‎ Human link
• curprev 06:0106:01, 14 May 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ m 2,899 bytes −19‎ removed redundant redirect link
• curprev 00:3800:38, 14 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 2,918 bytes +44‎ no longer from Wikipedia at all
• curprev 00:2800:28, 14 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 2,917 bytes −97‎ adding workgroups
• curprev 00:2000:20, 14 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 2,742 bytes −272‎ →‎External links
• curprev 00:1400:14, 14 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 3,014 bytes +140‎ →‎Do animals have language?: more
• curprev 00:1200:12, 14 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 2,874 bytes −11,577‎ →‎Do animals have language?: archiving much of this section (I just don't like it)
• curprev 00:1000:10, 14 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 4,374 bytes −10,077‎ →‎Human languages (Natural languages): adding link
• curprev 00:0900:09, 14 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 4,355 bytes −749‎ removing external links no longer relevant (these are not on "natural language"
• curprev 00:0700:07, 14 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 5,104 bytes −9,347‎ removing Linguistics template

13 May 2007

• curprev 23:5023:50, 13 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 5,120 bytes −9,347‎ removing human language stuff out into subarticle "natural languages"

10 May 2007

• curprev 05:2005:20, 10 May 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 14,467 bytes +16‎ {{linguistics}} template

9 May 2007

• curprev 02:4702:47, 9 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ m 14,451 bytes −68‎ →‎Formal, mathematical, and computer languages
• curprev 02:4602:46, 9 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ m 14,451 bytes +14‎ →‎Formal, mathematical, and computer languages
• curprev 00:0100:01, 9 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 14,437 bytes +7‎ →‎'Animal language': changing header to "Do animals have language?"

8 May 2007

• curprev 23:5523:55, 8 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 14,430 bytes −41‎ added "or symbols" (after signals)
• curprev 23:5423:54, 8 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 14,411 bytes −37‎ removing "in very broad terms"; filler not required for the meaning here
• curprev 23:5223:52, 8 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 14,448 bytes −23‎ attempted to simply first sentence for readability
• curprev 23:5023:50, 8 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ m 14,471 bytes −79‎ →‎See also: removing old "See Also's" left from Wikipedia

7 May 2007

• curprev 05:0205:02, 7 May 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 14,550 bytes +31‎ Put the title 'Animal language' in quote marks as this is a controversial rather than accepted term; added Linguistics to 'See also'
• curprev 05:0005:00, 7 May 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 14,533 bytes +31‎ rewrote the first sentence slightly; copyediting intro and a wiki link

20 April 2007

• curprev 22:1422:14, 20 April 2007‎ imported>David L Green‎ 14,502 bytes −17‎ spelling, superfluous spaces

17 April 2007

• curprev 19:2919:29, 17 April 2007‎ imported>Larry Sanger‎ 14,519 bytes −633‎ No edit summary
• curprev 19:2219:22, 17 April 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 14,303 bytes −56‎ No edit summary

13 April 2007

• curprev 21:5421:54, 13 April 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ m 14,359 bytes −487‎ →‎Genetic classification
• curprev 16:4816:48, 13 April 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 14,330 bytes +14‎ →‎Language versus dialect classification
• curprev 16:4716:47, 13 April 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 14,316 bytes −432‎ →‎Language versus dialect classification
• curprev 16:4516:45, 13 April 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 14,414 bytes −334‎ →‎Language versus dialect classification
• curprev 16:4316:43, 13 April 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 14,748 bytes +60‎ →‎External links
• curprev 16:4216:42, 13 April 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 14,850 bytes +162‎ →‎Properties of natural languages
• curprev 16:3516:35, 13 April 2007‎ imported>David Tribe‎ 14,688 bytes +7‎ →‎Origins of human language: Keeping comment invisible
• curprev 16:3516:35, 13 April 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 14,681 bytes −165‎ →‎See also
• curprev 16:3416:34, 13 April 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 14,721 bytes −75‎ →‎See also
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• curprev 16:3316:33, 13 April 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 14,864 bytes +18‎ →‎Natural languages
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• curprev 16:1816:18, 13 April 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 15,701 bytes +5,993‎ →‎language versus dialect classification
• curprev 16:1716:17, 13 April 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 15,701 bytes −1‎ →‎Classification as language versus Dialect
• curprev 16:1716:17, 13 April 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ m 15,704 bytes +2‎ No edit summary
• curprev 16:1616:16, 13 April 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 15,702 bytes +5,994‎ →‎Natural language: reorg
• curprev 16:1516:15, 13 April 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 13,939 bytes −1,737‎ →‎Properties of language: moving this section
• curprev 16:1416:14, 13 April 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 15,676 bytes +5,968‎ major reorganizaing in progress
• curprev 16:1016:10, 13 April 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 15,983 bytes −193‎ →‎Contructed languages: removing this duplication section
• curprev 16:1016:10, 13 April 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 16,176 bytes +6,468‎ major reorganizaing in progress
• curprev 16:0816:08, 13 April 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 9,708 bytes −6,627‎ →‎Study of grammar: moving this up
• curprev 16:0816:08, 13 April 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 16,173 bytes −138‎ major reorganizaing in progress
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