Chapter 1 - Science, Language, and the Science of Language

Question 1

Theoretical linguists

Answer 1

Provide detailed descriptions and analyses of the structure of language

Question 2

Computational linguists

Answer 2

Write and implement computer programs to explore the data

structure of human language or to simulate how humans might learn and use language

Question 3

Neurolinguists and cognitive neuroscientists

Answer 3

Study the brain and how this complex organ

carries out the mental operations that are required for learning or using language

Question 4

Biolinguists

Answer 4

Look deeply into our biological makeup to understand why our species seems to
be the only one to use language to communicate

Question 5

Language typologists

Answer 5

Are e like naturalists, collecting data samples from many different
modern languages, and historical linguists are like archeaologists, reconstructing extinct
ancestors and establishing the connections and relationships among existing languages

Question 6

Psycholinguistics

Answer 6

The study of the psychological factors involved in the perception,
production, and acquisition of language