Linguistics: Revision history

20 July 2007

• curprev 21:4221:42, 20 July 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 36,500 bytes −626‎ →‎External links: moved to Links subpage
• curprev 21:3621:36, 20 July 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 37,139 bytes +13‎ Added subpage box - don't know if this is how it's going to be used, but we need to link to the Gallery and Related Articles section in some way for now

7 July 2007

• curprev 04:4104:41, 7 July 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 37,126 bytes +762‎ Rewrite of the phonetics and phonology part; I think some of the new material posed more questions than answers, e.g. what a tone language is

6 July 2007

• curprev 12:2412:24, 6 July 2007‎ imported>Joshua Tauberer‎ m 37,116 bytes −22‎ why not just avert the question altogether?--nativism gets in already in the universality issue that came first
• curprev 12:2012:20, 6 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 37,138 bytes +774‎ such things may seem instinctual, but language is clearly a learned (acquired) behavior
• curprev 11:5711:57, 6 July 2007‎ imported>Joshua Tauberer‎ 37,130 bytes +792‎ Cleaned up core areas and made them roughly equal length, and some other clean-up

17 May 2007

• curprev 04:5604:56, 17 May 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 36,338 bytes +42‎ Tried to emphasise that 'natural' = the language we use
• curprev 04:5104:51, 17 May 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 36,296 bytes −43‎ partial revert: left human language in the first sentence, but I think natural language is confusing here

16 May 2007

• curprev 21:4221:42, 16 May 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 36,339 bytes −25‎ Deleted unnecessary category

14 May 2007

• curprev 08:1408:14, 14 May 2007‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 36,364 bytes +73‎ linking to "natural language" and its redirect, "human language"
• curprev 05:4905:49, 14 May 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 36,303 bytes +12‎ {{langacq}} template

10 May 2007

• curprev 04:2304:23, 10 May 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ m 36,291 bytes +635‎ removed deleted link

9 May 2007

• curprev 02:2302:23, 9 May 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ m 36,315 bytes 0‎ Correcting ISBN

20 April 2007

• curprev 01:0501:05, 20 April 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 36,315 bytes +556‎ Sexed up the third paragraph re: applied linguistics, emphasising that LINGUISTS ARE EVERYWHERE

14 April 2007

• curprev 21:2321:23, 14 April 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 35,759 bytes +103‎ Rewritten the introductory paragraph with 'livelier' prose

13 April 2007

• curprev 05:0105:01, 13 April 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 35,392 bytes −265‎ Deleted Sansrit/first linguists paragraph (see Talk)
• curprev 04:5804:58, 13 April 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 35,657 bytes +1‎ more copediting
• curprev 04:5704:57, 13 April 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 35,656 bytes +271‎ sociolinguistics explains language + society -> sociolinguistics describes
• curprev 04:5704:57, 13 April 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 35,655 bytes +292‎ copyediting mainly
• curprev 04:4704:47, 13 April 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 35,363 bytes −22‎ trying intro again...
• curprev 04:4604:46, 13 April 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 35,375 bytes −10‎ Didn't understand the 'reality' part; tried to rewrite this sentence in the introduction

12 April 2007

• curprev 13:4913:49, 12 April 2007‎ imported>José San Martin‎ 35,385 bytes +35,385‎ →‎History of linguistics: - introducing F de Saussure. Better explanation about current subfield of L needed.
• curprev 12:0712:07, 12 April 2007‎ imported>José San Martin‎ m 35,130 bytes +489‎ →‎History of linguistics
• curprev 12:0612:06, 12 April 2007‎ imported>José San Martin‎ 35,129 bytes +53‎ No edit summary

9 April 2007

• curprev 02:2602:26, 9 April 2007‎ imported>Richard J. Senghas‎ 35,076 bytes +435‎ →‎External links: added Ethnologue

8 April 2007

• curprev 02:0602:06, 8 April 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 34,984 bytes −30‎ category no longer needed

7 April 2007

• curprev 04:3004:30, 7 April 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 35,014 bytes +373‎ added picture of syntax/phonology/morphology/phonetics - remove if you think it's rubbish
• curprev 04:1804:18, 7 April 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 34,641 bytes +34,641‎ references; not 'content is from WP' - changed too much

13 March 2007

• curprev 00:0100:01, 13 March 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 34,624 bytes +248‎ Wei 2007: focus on the user above the system

12 March 2007

• curprev 04:1004:10, 12 March 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 34,376 bytes +8‎ History of linguistics main article link; spacing
• curprev 01:1901:19, 12 March 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 34,368 bytes +96‎ Deleted more 'see also' red links
• curprev 01:1701:17, 12 March 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 34,602 bytes +330‎ Etymology

7 March 2007

• curprev 00:3800:38, 7 March 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 34,272 bytes −1,282‎ Split up applied linguistics section and added information on clinical linguistics; moved some computational linguistics stuff that was more theoretical
• curprev 00:1800:18, 7 March 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 33,245 bytes +801‎ Moved clincial linguistics to applied linguistics; added some references

6 March 2007

• curprev 23:3723:37, 6 March 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 32,444 bytes −3,110‎ Deleted 'properties of language' section as it's not about linguistics itself, and is very technical

27 February 2007

• curprev 21:5521:55, 27 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 35,554 bytes +430‎ Category:Linguistics Workgroup

22 February 2007

• curprev 01:0701:07, 22 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ m 35,569 bytes +445‎ deleted bracket
• curprev 01:0701:07, 22 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 35,570 bytes +446‎ Further subcategories for references
• curprev 00:5400:54, 22 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ m 35,124 bytes +3‎ typo
• curprev 00:5300:53, 22 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 35,121 bytes +6,561‎ Cleaned up refs and added more ISBNs
• curprev 00:4400:44, 22 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 36,025 bytes +2,239‎ ===Classic Works=== section
• curprev 00:1400:14, 22 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 35,191 bytes +1,405‎ ===Popular Reading=== section

21 February 2007

• curprev 23:4123:41, 21 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 33,786 bytes +127‎ Added more to 'See also' working from LSA webpage on subfields
• curprev 23:3723:37, 21 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 33,659 bytes +198‎ Deleted more dead links
• curprev 23:3623:36, 21 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 33,745 bytes +284‎ Added some 'live' articles to 'See Also' and also a few important personalities
• curprev 23:2223:22, 21 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ m 33,460 bytes −1‎ Minor edits to refs
• curprev 23:2023:20, 21 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 33,461 bytes +1,380‎ Deleted more dead links and added 'lexis' ones
• curprev 23:1823:18, 21 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ m 33,644 bytes −44‎ Deleted templates
• curprev 23:1823:18, 21 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 33,688 bytes −457‎ Deleted some 'See Also' links and added Noam Chomsky

18 February 2007

• curprev 00:5500:55, 18 February 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ 34,145 bytes +5,187‎ Innatism: Chomsky and Skinner; spiders' webs
• 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)