why is linguistics in the science section?

point me out if i am wrong but how is it scientific i dont understand. isnt it more cultural and life orientated?.


theoretical and applied linguistics, foreign languages, historical and comparative linguistics


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Linguistics is the scientific study of language itself. Grammar, syntax, morphology etc.

 

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but how is it scientific if we are not discovering or learning anything new from it?


shouldent it be history or culturaly rooted?

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Of course we're learning from it. The development of language gives (possibly) some insight into thought processes, how the brain developed, how cultures moved across the world etc.

It does tie in to both, but the study of language itself is deeper than just history or culture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics

 

cool. i didnt know this, i really didnt think we could gain any scientific knowledge from obersving language, i thought we already knew all there was to know about different dialects and languages.

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Its an interesting field

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http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/us/chomsky.htm

 

A farmer is a scientist of crops.

 

And why is comparitive religioin in the science section?

 

i didnt realise a farmer studies crops,

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i already made a thread about that.

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sounds like it would take up most of your life,

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