Linguistics [lɪŋ'gwɪs.tɪks] is a scientific discipline committed to the study of human language. While one first assumes that linguistcs (people who do linguistics) simply speak many languages, that is not exactly the case. Some of the questions linguists ask are:
...and many other exciting questions. Some linguists do focus on one language in particular, some study it as a general phenomenon. Since linguistics is not offered as a school subject, students can explore it through so-called linguistics olympiads.
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