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Why shall we bother about linguistics? What are the main reasons for doing linguistics? In an interview recorded at Marburg university during the 2nd GAL Conference, Prof. Handke asked Prof. David Crystal, the most popular linguist in the world, to give us his 5 central reasons for doing linguistics. .
GEN102 – 5 Reasons for Linguistics with David Crystal
Enjoyed it! Thanks for doing that!
Thank you. Thanks to your video I finally got to see and listening THE David Crystal that my books of linguistics mentioned. It feels great to see him so close to us, I'm definitely looking into his bibliography to buy a book about my favorite subject of linguistics.
A brilliant man, Dr. C.
I would say he is not more famous or influential than Lakoff or Everett and, let's be real, nowhere near Chomsky.
What a warm voice! I am going to listen more of Crystal!
Excellent motivations to become a linguist!
The application of linguistical perspectives to practical interventions in various fields has allowed to diminish the quantity of exceeding speeches referring to linguistics concepts
that has sometimes get the atmosphere unusually jammed in the recent years, the same more or less as for literary production. Prof. Crystal''s brilliant intervention is a practical evidence of such profitable activity that has enabled real experts to maintain their space for their useful interventions with their research and studies.
language changes so rapidly that I can read the preChaucerian poets written in the Thirteenth Century. ….
He could have become Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings.
David Crystal is my favourite linguist.
It is a beautiful video
<3 David Crystal !!!
David Crystal ??❤?
I was just doing my homework when this person caught my attention i am now in love with Languages more than i've ever been
great advice! i'm going to study computational linguistic 🙂