How Many Languages do you Speak?

Who really knows what linguists study?
If you are like most people your answer might have been "linguists study languages".
There is a common notion out there that linguists speak more than one language and that they love learning languages. These ideas and concepts are unfortunately wrong, it isn't anyone's fault though, you just haven't had the chance to experience the new science of LINGUISTICS. The process of learning languages in college is known as the study of Modern Languages.
The purpose and aim of this blog is to figure out how linguistic theories and ideas can become more common knowledge, and to make linguistic ideas more accessible. It is here to infect others with the linguistic obsession of trying to figure out how language is processed in our brains. It was also created because as a linguist it is difficult to convey exactly you are talking about when you really start getting into describing what linguistics is, somewhere along the way people get this glossed over look in their eyes, at which point you know that you have lost them. This blog will hopefully be a good starting point for academics and anyone who shows interest.
Things to look forward to in the near future:
-For everyone-
The components of linguistics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and so much more!
Prescriptive vs. descriptive grammar, what does that mean?
Historical Linguistics and how it is studied.
Links to other linguistics sites!
If the common belief is that linguistics is the study of languages, why does it not encompass common knowledge?
Linguistics, a new science, why?
What is the central idea in linguistics (open to debate) and what can we do to spread some of their ideas?
Can linguists prove their scientific theories or are they largely based on logical faith?
Math and linguistics, are they related?
Can linguistics help students learn?


-For other linguists-
Problems for you to solve, i.e-phonology, morphology
Links to cool linguistic sites, articles and upcoming talks worth checking out!

The blog is here to be as inclusive as possible so please feel free to help keep this blog up to date with anything that all of you are able to share, it needs you!

For now here is a cool link, http://www.linguistics-ontology.org/gold.html