#general linguistics

[leyladoesntknow]

Byelingual 👋🏻:

“When you speak two languages but start losing vocabulary in both of them.”

And what if someone starts losing vocabulary in more than 4 languages?

Send help 💀💀

[andvaka]

Studying linguistics has ruined me, I'll be listening to a song thinking to myself like "damn those lyrics just broke binding principle b"

[leyladoesntknow]

“ðə wɜːrld ɪz ˈbɛtər wɪð ˈpiːpl huː kæn riːd ðɪs. lɜːrn fəʊˈnɛtɪks, meɪk ðə wɜːrld ˈbɛtər.”

(“The world is better with people who can read this. Learn phonetics, make the world better.”)

-from Twitter.

[leyladoesntknow]

I wanna be a ✨Schwa✨ /ə/:

It’s never stressed.

[linguistickirby]

everyone holds onto something different, ok?

[languagestudyblr]

Reblog if you know what I'm talking about when I say "Saussure".

Yeee you know, don't you?

[you-brought-light-into-my-l-blog]

wish me luck on my general linguistics test tomorrow morning... I will need all the help I can get to pass it :(