I am fascinated by language and the ways they evolve and the forms they take. While I mainly want to study linguistics in order to better help me learn Japanese, I would love to develop a conlang or two with it.
Resources
Sites
- https://iamautodidact.com/how-to-study-linguistics-on-your-own/
- https://allthingslinguistic.com/post/164874346205/how-to-teach-yourself-linguistics-online-for-free
- https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/tua48/faq_i_want_to_learn_more_about_linguistics_where/
- https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/15207/method-for-self-teaching
- https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/19/how-did-a-self-taught-linguist-come-to-own-an-indigenous-language
Books
Describing Morphosyntax by Thomas Payne
Unorgqnized
Introduction to Linguistics
Contrastive Phonology
Semantics
Sociolinguistics - Additional Required reading
Bilingualism
African-American Vernacular English - Additional Required Reading
Structure of Modern English
Other good books on language:
The Unfolding of Language
Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
The Loom of Language: An Approach to the Mastery of Many Languages
The Language Instinct (+)