Jost Gippert: Our Featured Linguist!

"Buenos dias", "buenas noches" -- this was the first words in a foreign language I heard in my life, as a three-year old boy growing up in developing post-war Western Germany, where the first gastarbeiters had arrived from Spain. Fascinated by the strange sounds, I tried to get to know some more languages, the only opportunity being TV courses of English and French -- there was no foreign language education for pre-teen school children in Germany yet in those days. Read more

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What is Linguistics?

This section is for people exploring the field of linguistics and who don't know where to start? Click here for resources about different fields within linguistics and read stories about other linguists and how they got their start.

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You know you want to be a linguist, but don't know where you can take classes? We have done the work for you by compiling a database of schools around the world that offer linguistic programs.

Writing Resources

Here you will find resources on how to get started with writing your paper and how to cite your paper with LSA and APA style, and MultiTree (for those pesky language codes).

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Today’s Prize: You Pick the Book!

Dear LINGUIST List Readers, Have we got a deal for you! Today’s Fund Drive Prize is sponsored by Multilingual Matters, and believe me, you don’t want to pass this up! If you donate before 11:59 p.m. today, you could be … Continue reading →