An introduction to English Linguistics – The Engineering of Conscious Experience

Martin Hilpert

This video lecture is a part of the course ‘An Introduction to English Linguistics’ at the University of Neuchâtel. This is session 1, in which I discuss seven things that linguists agree on. .

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class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC63AUpoIUW8wegeHB6FaHqw" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Kevin Cruz</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225565"><time datetime="2015-09-19T08:44:44-07:00">September 19, 2015 at 8:44 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Thank you Martin. I really love this subject. I hope you make also advanced ones too. Like syntax as well. Thanks again very much. Unlimited</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225564" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225564" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5cTqAebPfE2P2sCGZjs-PA" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Mazen Joha</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225564"><time datetime="2015-09-29T05:09:45-07:00">September 29, 2015 at 5:09 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Thanks Martin for your effort!! Great introduction and I will continue watching your videos on your channel starting now. I wish they had some kind of numbers in the titles though, so we could watch them sequentially as your "course" is obviously intended to be.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225563" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225563" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEyakoa2vc-rOv0n20W8Og" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">lahsen Bouchichit</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225563"><time datetime="2015-11-17T13:29:18-07:00">November 17, 2015 at 1:29 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>have just discovered your videos. better late than never as we say. they are really informative and beneficial. spent whole night watching and taking my notes. my major is translation and i teach translation theory. if please you have any introductory videos in this domain so i can use them for my students. thank you very much.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225562" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225562" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5mDKyM-97GvWnIsEPw043w" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Naseer Masih</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225562"><time datetime="2015-11-21T11:28:48-07:00">November 21, 2015 at 11:28 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Sir, your lecture on intro to linguistics is superb! Thanks a lot!</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225561" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225561" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwoKb9VdT086JVkEDlPF6Zg" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Rabin Parajuli</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225561"><time datetime="2016-12-05T18:14:43-07:00">December 5, 2016 at 6:14 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>thanks sir</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225560" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225560" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsQRqzRbxZ-zP4y6ONDe_Ug" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Nikkeloodeon</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225560"><time datetime="2017-01-10T08:20:49-07:00">January 10, 2017 at 8:20 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>You know that Jar Jar is the worst thing of the entire Star Wars franchise, right?</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225559" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225559" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTudiJYSzDSfoGlg7af18Mg" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Kiss Maass</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225559"><time datetime="2017-01-15T03:16:30-07:00">January 15, 2017 at 3:16 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Thank you for this very interesting lecture! Thumbs up 🙂</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225558" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225558" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDJr3APE2YruVX9UqLkLdvQ" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">MUHAMMAD Shakeel</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225558"><time datetime="2017-01-29T21:16:20-07:00">January 29, 2017 at 9:16 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>hi, would you like to tell me the scope of linguistics</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225557" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225557" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg7nlvcCaO30dFKEWeAEigQ" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Proudly Non-native</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225557"><time datetime="2017-03-08T10:23:25-07:00">March 8, 2017 at 10:23 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hello, I just stumbled upon your videos and they are amazing! Thank you!! I'm going to watch them one by one. Concerning WUG, GUTCH, NIZ, and HEAF, I was wondering how it works in German. If you give me a random German-sounding senseless noun, I wouldn't know the plural form unless it is obvious from the ending (like der …er, die …ung, das …chen, etc.). Would it work effortlessly in the brains of German speakers, even if the word doesn't have a typical ending?</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225556" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225556" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeLnf2Up1YAgnr9dhkIfIsw" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">0kirank0</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225556"><time datetime="2017-06-02T13:46:30-07:00">June 2, 2017 at 1:46 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Martin What about Sign language?</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225555" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225555" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYKBekkAwiNT2t90t4vt0kw" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">sassysammy 88</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225555"><time datetime="2017-08-01T15:29:07-07:00">August 1, 2017 at 3:29 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>thank you for the interesting video on linguistics it is very informative as i am going to be learning about linguisitcs and bsl level4</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225554" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225554" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG0_xO6JiHrSdg7H_vAo3CQ" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">phoebe moore</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225554"><time datetime="2017-09-01T04:12:34-07:00">September 1, 2017 at 4:12 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>hello Martin. Thankyou for this very informative video. I am a UK student, doing an EPQ in the history of the English language. please could we possibly talk? I would like to ask you a few questions. my email is phoebealicia100@<a href="http://gmail.com/">gmail.com</a>.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225553" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225553" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUrVL_fB3-b9WgdfCzvmB3A" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Marco Merlini</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225553"><time datetime="2017-09-14T07:30:49-07:00">September 14, 2017 at 7:30 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>My impression is that you are a native English speaker on account of your excellent speaking. However, I notice that your computer language is in French. Additionally, in some of your videos, I get the impression that your pronunciation in many other languages is also very good (though I cannot say for certain since I do not speak those languages). So may I ask you this: what do you consider to be your first language?</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225552" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225552" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFqFWPwLacpcwpS-lugKaTA" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Subconscious Qualms</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225552"><time datetime="2017-10-02T07:02:34-07:00">October 2, 2017 at 7:02 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Professor I 'm not sure if you answer questions here, but I'm going to give it a try and ask you a question I have been wanting to ask a professional linguistic for a long time: Are things like "Modal Semantics", "Semantic externalism","Reference" and other fancy ideas related to language, developed by philosophers taken seriously in contemporaneity linguistics? Or do linguists brush off these ideas as non-sequitur or even non-sense? are they worth looking into?</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225551" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225551" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCco9k497yXxsIwJZYuZtnxw" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Gorgum</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225551"><time datetime="2017-12-24T11:37:04-07:00">December 24, 2017 at 11:37 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>lore=knowledge? english lore?</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225550" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225550" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQFneYwnmcoPtVXpwKD8RpA" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Zeenat Khalil</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225550"><time datetime="2018-01-16T01:12:56-07:00">January 16, 2018 at 1:12 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Dr. Martin Hilpert sir , i need one deep help from you, please suggest me a research topic which should support english and linguistics both . Please ….</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225549" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225549" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZlCuhyypT9-xee2Tb5tezA" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">ahmad jubran</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225549"><time datetime="2018-03-04T05:35:29-07:00">March 4, 2018 at 5:35 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Please I want a short answer to these questions.<br />…………<br />1)What's language? <br />Or mention the description of language & it's characteristic?<br />……….<br />2)Compare & contrast between spoken and written language?<br />…….<br />3)Differentiate between phonology and phonetics?<br />…….. <br />4)Give analysis of the rules of language and exemplify?<br />………<br />5)what the difference between grammar syntax and phonology ?<br />……………… 😊😊😊</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225548" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225548" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nCZyouKmEn2f0o4RW-n6Q" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Plerp Plerp</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225548"><time datetime="2018-05-18T23:57:19-07:00">May 18, 2018 at 11:57 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Too much info on slides. Apart from that, interesting talk.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225547" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225547" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRXtpzIozTGLLLnogt3q_ZA" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Carlos Emiliano Macías Hernández</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225547"><time datetime="2018-06-07T20:17:14-07:00">June 7, 2018 at 8:17 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>In part 5 you wrote conseilles instead of conseils. Thank you very much for your courses mr Hilpert!</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225546" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225546" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR-RNfM9HcWWQKcTuHsI68g" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">TommyTwobats</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225546"><time datetime="2018-07-16T19:57:06-07:00">July 16, 2018 at 7:57 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I like your presentation but could any lay person (non-linguist) disagree with six of the seven assumptions? (the brain bit doesn't seem to have any consequence other than to make linguistics sound 'Sciency'. The rest would be plausible to any 13 year old person in the world? So why study linguistics if we are blind-folded by the partisan approaches and are forced to invest in blind leaps of faith, following one of its branches like a religion or a cult, until we are too old to risk stepping out of the 'flow' . As an English teacher who has to 'dabble' in Applied Linguistics, (i.e. write papers that seem meaningless) just to stay employable, I wonder why? I note that the Polyglots' Conference last year promised, 'no theory' in their conference, such was their disdain for it.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225545" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225545" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4poX-6GOziubWJlHFbbKcQ" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">WryT3DD</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225545"><time datetime="2018-07-23T08:51:27-07:00">July 23, 2018 at 8:51 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFRJhupLYrQ&t=15m14s">15:14</a> -> Je vais te donner quelques conseils*.</p> <p>Anyway that is an awesome series of videos, thank you for summing it all up 🙂</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225544" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225544" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOOkKoNLoSypRTm4dERL9Vw" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Tom Waters</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225544"><time datetime="2018-08-09T06:06:34-07:00">August 9, 2018 at 6:06 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>But everyone knows the correct plural of "heaf" is "heaves". 🙂</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225543" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225543" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChZy8eOjfTRNvTGq-_VmH3w" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Ahlem Ahlem</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225543"><time datetime="2018-11-08T01:50:55-07:00">November 8, 2018 at 1:50 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Thank you for your efforts good chance</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225542" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225542" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrJjH1PhUHNOy60zVHyc5xg" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Ikbiuneneistari - Jack</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225542"><time datetime="2019-03-03T16:20:12-07:00">March 3, 2019 at 4:20 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I love these online lectures, Iċ þancie þē</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225541" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225541" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEKpiHpW1jQKCHF3KSeAfZw" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Rogeria Catto</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225541"><time datetime="2020-01-22T09:44:50-07:00">January 22, 2020 at 9:44 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Sir, you are very calm and well spoken. This video helped a lot. ( English Degree Student from Brazil).</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225540" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225540" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLVbYqiTL0RFAXce_X2e_kw" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">tehmeena siyal</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225540"><time datetime="2020-01-24T06:01:36-07:00">January 24, 2020 at 6:01 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>superb</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225539" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225539" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCahUh3lTZz8iAwzBE0iuHGg" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">ErShiQi JiuDian</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225539"><time datetime="2020-03-31T06:59:24-07:00">March 31, 2020 at 6:59 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I like this course, but where can I download the course materials</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225538" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225538" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkQyO80h_UpHKK8V7KfbzyA" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Friendly imaginer</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225538"><time datetime="2020-05-13T21:26:07-07:00">May 13, 2020 at 9:26 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Thank you so much for your exposition.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225537" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225537" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Mq2C31WW4iavZWB6RTjag" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">María Fernanda</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225537"><time datetime="2020-05-19T16:54:19-07:00">May 19, 2020 at 4:54 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Te amo como amo la lingüística <3.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225536" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225536" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEIePW_ho8afgtNK6oF_S0w" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Sid</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225536"><time datetime="2020-05-31T07:28:36-07:00">May 31, 2020 at 7:28 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Very nice lecture.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225535" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225535" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPU-U7A56GnDOkCHeBTf_Iw" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">MC Square</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225535"><time datetime="2020-06-04T08:41:14-07:00">June 4, 2020 at 8:41 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>When people say British accent, they actually mean English accent.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225534" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225534" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTDHcmemwot3SREKHrS3f2w" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Dian Anggraini</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225534"><time datetime="2020-09-30T06:33:00-07:00">September 30, 2020 at 6:33 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Thanks a lot sir</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225533" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225533" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_XSM3Xvq56TS67QWciWMeA" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Amna Eman</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225533"><time datetime="2020-10-07T19:10:35-07:00">October 7, 2020 at 7:10 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Very well explained, 💐👏👏</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225532" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225532" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE5FO94J62TMe0mXiDgAFbg" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Tala Aït Ouamar</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225532"><time datetime="2020-12-18T04:45:21-07:00">December 18, 2020 at 4:45 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hello,I'm from Algeria and in our dialect we use the word" Swa-swa ",and with the same meaning"similar to" …that's amazing 😊</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-225531" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-225531" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrYWtZH2FuzoSDA2X7DSPhA" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">ZenFox</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/an-introduction-to-english-linguistics/#comment-225531"><time datetime="2021-02-08T04:03:29-07:00">February 8, 2021 at 4:03 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>What about heaves?</p> </div> </article> </li> </ol> <p class="no-comments">Comments are closed.</p> </div> </main> </div> <div class="col-md-3 px-lg-3 "> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer id="colophon" class="site-footer"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12 text-center"> <div class="site-info"> <span> Powered By: <a href="https://wordpress.org/" target="_blank">WordPress</a> </span> <span class="sep"> | </span> <span> Theme: <a href="https://odiethemes.com/themes/magazinebook/" target="_blank">MagazineBook</a> By OdieThemes </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </div> <script>(function(){var 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