Linguist

[shokooh Ingham]

The dots and squiggles are a difficult one and the easy way is to ask a linguist if you can find one, because they are used differently for different languages very often.  For the theory I read Sapir's 'Language" when I was an undergraduate and before I ever became a linguist and found it facinating and informative.  I think the dots and squiggles shouldn't be too much of a problem with Wazhazhe, because as i remember it the sound system isn't too complicated.
Best of luck
Bruce

Clark Batson <clarkbatson at hotmail.com> wrote: As a native person learning his native language,  wazhazhe, that knows 
nothing about linguistics and is totally confused by all the "dots and 
squiggles" linguists seem to love so much.  If some of you could offer 
suggestions about how a native person would go about learning the basics of 
linguistic theory and practice and all the symbols and technical jargon that 
goes along with it or a good book to read about it  it would be appreciated.

Clark Batson

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