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Originally Posted by Severian

I'm actually a little terrified of the scientific study of linguistics. Not language, which is in itself quite a bit more direct, but the cognitive basis of language mechanics, and the reductive study of aptitude for sound creation and mimicry that is variable by culture and region. Yikes.

but that's superfun! the search for neural correlates to linguistic theory is not just mentally bonerific, but it actually turns some aspects of linguistics into hard science. that's HUGE. HUUUUUUUGE.

e.g.: http://www.psych.nyu.edu/nellab/