linguistics

## What I do - Apply linguistic principles to NLP - Understand language structure - Handle language variation - Work with multilingual data ## When to use me Use me when: - Building linguistically-informed systems - Handling language variation - Creating multilingual applications ## Key Concepts ### Language Components - **Phonetics**: Sound production and perception - **Phonology**: Sound patterns and rules - **Morphology**: Word formation - **Syntax**: Sentence structure - **Semantics**: Meaning - **Pragmatics**: Language use in context ### Key Linguistic Theories - **Chomsky**: Transformational grammar, universal grammar - **Saussure**: Signifier/signified, synchronic/diachronic - **Austin/Searle**: Speech act theory - **Grice**: Conversational implicature - **Halliday**: Systemic functional grammar ### Language Typology - Word order (SVO, SOV, VSO...) - Morphological typology (analytic, synthetic, polysynthetic) - Case systems - Gender and number