Introduction to Linguistics: The Complete Crash Course

A complete introduction to linguistics course. This course is a redux of a course taught at Simon Fraser University in Fall 2022. This covers theoretical linguistics, sucha as properties of language, english phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, morphology, and pragmatics. Everything you need for an introductory course for theoretical linguistics is here! This video contains 48 practice exercises throughout for more practice.

Time Stamps (there's a lot)
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:22 Intro: Properties of Language
0:06:50 Intro: Descriptivism vs. Prescriptivism
0:09:27 Phonetics: Intro
0:12:42 Phonetics: Phones
0:19:44 Phonetics: Basic Physiology
0:21:45 Phonetics: Voicing
0:26:02 Phonetics: Oral vs. Nasal
0:27:55 Phonetics: Consonant Descriptions: Voicing
0:30:31 Phonetics: Consonant Descriptions: Place of Articulation
0:44:07 Phonetics: Consonant Descriptions: Manner of Articulation
0:53:04 Phonetics: Vowel Descriptions: Simple Vowels
1:02:09 Phonetics: Vowel Descriptions: Diphthongs
1:07:06 Phonetics: Transcribing Words
1:11:30 Phonetics: Suprasegmentals
1:21:35 Phonology: Intro
1:22:30 Phonology: Phonotactics
1:31:13 Phonology: Syllables
1:44:50 Phonology: Sonority
1:46:48 Phonology: Phonemes and Minimal Pairs
1:51:10 Phonology: Allophones
1:53:09 Phonology: Solving a Data Set
2:03:27 Phonology: Free Variation
2:04:30 Phonology: Allophones in English
2:11:26 Phonology: Classifying Phonological Processes
2:20:58 Phonology: Natural Classes and Features: Major and Laryngeal
2:29:38 Phonology: Natural Classes and Features: Manner
2:32:40 Phonology: Natural Classes and Features: Place
2:41:17 Phonology: Phonological Rules
2:50:26 Syntax: Intro
2:51:01 Syntax: Subject and Predicate
2:54:11 Syntax: Grammaticality Judgments
2:55:17 Syntax: Word Categories
3:05:38 Syntax: Constituents and Phrases
3:07:38 Syntax: Constituency Tests
3:19:47 Syntax: Drawing Trees and Phrase Structure Rules
3:22:06 Syntax: Adjective Phrases (AdjP)
3:22:45 Syntax: Noun Phrases (NP)
3:25:55 Syntax: Prepositional Phrases (PP)
3:30:34 Syntax: Adverb Phrases (AdvP)
3:31:04 Syntax: Verb Phrases (VP) and Transitivity
3:38:11 Syntax: Conjunctions
3:39:18 Syntax: Tense Phrases (TP)
3:44:36 Syntax: Modals (T)
3:45:45 Syntax: Auxiliaries (Aux)
3:53:05 Syntax: PP Ambiguity
3:57:00 Syntax: Complementizer Phrases (CP)
4:05:34 Syntax: Complements vs. Adjuncts
4:12:02 Semantics: Intro
4:13:07 Semantics: Thematic Roles and Grids
4:20:02 Semantics: Word Relations
4:25:16 Semantics: Ambiguity
4:30:18 Semantics: Sentence Relations
4:34:56 Semantics: Entailment
4:37:52 Morphology: Intro
4:38:31 Morphology: Solving Data Sets and Minimal Pairs
4:42:12 Morphology: Morphemes and Words
4:47:51 Morphology: Word Trees: Roots, Affixes, and Bases
4:56:49 Morphology: Compounding
4:59:54 Morphology: Inflection vs. Derivation
5:08:05 Morphology: Derivational Morphemes
5:12:00 Morphology: Word Creation
5:20:38 Morphology: Allomorphs and Data Sets
5:23:45 Pragmatics: Intro
5:24:33 Pragmatics: Implicature
5:25:44 Pragmatics: Principle of Cooperation and Grice's Maxims
5:31:02 Conclusion and Book Reccomendations

One error:
The second phonological rule exercise (around 2 hours 45 minutes) should be [d] to [n] and not include the affricate, since it's [+anterior].

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[Trevtutor]

This course was made mostly from O'Grady and Archibald's Contemporary Linguistic Analysis textbook. For the syntax section, I used different materials. Some introductory courses will use X-Bar theory for syntax; if that is you, I have a complete course on syntax that covers it on the channel. I prefer "baby" syntax for an introductory course because we get to talk about adjuncts, while most intro books that use X-Bar theory only cover specifiers and complements.

There may be small errors as this was done in one take. I've noted one in the description of the video, but feel free to leave any errata in the comments below. Some facts in the introductory textbook may be wrong, and I may be repeating those mistakes. Enlighten me!

[trimansinghtuteja]

A proper beginner course on linguistics! Literally what i have been searching to start to pursue it formally! Count me in!

[Alanalan]

Wow, just wow! Please, if you can, upload a new course for more advanced topics! Thank you so much!

[sumeranoor]

Thank you so much for uploading this very great wonderful and the most needed course ❤

[deathmeter]

Even though I don't need phonology right now, I'm definitly going to come back to it every now and then.

[hiyaanjalivenkatesh]

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[deathmeter]

Thank you for such a create video! I'm learning Lingustics so I can create my own language. I'm thinking about making a soley text-based language. Mainly because the only reason I'm making the language is for the sake of encrypting my writing.

[habiburrehman]

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[IlyasKhan-qvfk]

Which of the following constitutes a symmetrical relationship?
A. Antonymy B. Complementary pairs
C. Gradable pairs D. Relational pairs
which option is correct?

[era]

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[actualgetawaycar]

50:10 Greek /ps/ was a cluster rather than a true affricate. Heterorganic affricates are incredibly rare, and, as far as I know, the only European language to have one is modern standard German with /p͡f/

[larala]

I’m looking at the transcription of the six word at 1:08 and I’m having a hard time distinguishing the difference in the beginning of Jupiter and Cheese. To me they sound so similar and I don’t know why chesse is ʧ and Jupiter ʤ.
Can anyone explain?
Thank you ✨

[ElitePowerGamer]

Wow this is great! Last time I checked it was actually surprisingly hard to find a full Intro to Linguistics course online. Given that this is "only" 5 hours, how condensed would you say your video is compared to when it is taught in a university?

[kxjngjy]

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[kxjngjy]

can't we get pdf of this class ppt ?

[bigbangtheorymanic]

I’m confused about the difference the schwa makes, what’s the pronunciation difference between sæmn and with the schwa

[muzdolabi]

33:01 I CAN'T MY BOTTOM LIP DOESN'T TOUCH MY TOP TEETH I AM GONNA CRY WHAT IS WRONG

[andrewkonopik]

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[Alanalan]

Hi there, I have a question regarding language complexity. Is it possible for some languages to be more complex than others in every way possible (syntax, morphology, and semantics)? It seems to me that this is possible, for example, if we add the suffix "y" to the end of nouns to indicate the female gender of the noun, then we have updated English to be more complex, thus a language more complex than another one, I don't see how this will decrease the complexity in any other aspect. It seems to me that there is a threshold or a minimum amount of factors that have to be involved to create a full language, but anything above that point is extra complexity, so to speak. For example, why do we have the suffix "ed" at the end of "played" in "I played football yesterday"? There is no need for the "ed" since we have "yesterday" in the same sentence, right?