Wikipedia certainly made it easier, but I was interested in
linguistics well before I found Wikipedia. One of my first non-IP
edits (I must've been 12 at the time) was to the article [[Ainu
language]].
Mark
On 14/03/07, Brianna Laugher <brianna.laugher(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Language Log is a widely read blog covering linguistic
issues that
goes back to July 2003. (It's even licensed under CC-BY-SA! how
progressive :))
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004301.html
A recent post about [[en:User:Koryakov Yuri]]'s campaign to improve
linguistics biography and general coverage in Russian Wikipedia.
Probably more to come.
Also a nice anecdote from an assistant professor at the University of
Massachusetts:
--
In my large intro course yesterday, there was an unfamiliar hand
in the air a lot of the time, and the student's questions and insights
were the best I've had all semester. It was puzzling, because I didn't
recognize him, and he seemed to know much more about syntax than one
would expect. (It was our first official day on the topic.)
After class, he came to the front and introduced himself as a
prospective student, just out of high school. He said linguistics was
his passion in high school. I said, "What? How?" And he replied,
"Wikipedia".
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regards,
Brianna
user:pfctdayelise
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