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What does the National Endowment for the Humanities even do?

Linguistics is a vitally important facet of humanities that is underfunded and underutilized. Do you have an interest in linguistics? If so, check out this article on why we need this to be a top priority in society. By Rachael Tatman

Laura Lurns Last updated March 28, 2017 · 1 min read

The national endowment for the humanities helps keep basic humanities research that helps us live our lives better than without. One thing that they do is pragmatics, which is the study of how situation factors affect meaning.

Nothing’s stopping companies from funding basic research in the humanities… but in my experience it’s not a priority, and they don’t. And that’s a real pity, because basic humanities research has a tendency of suddenly being vitally needed in other fields.

They also do research about discourse analysis, which is the study of how people conversed. This is important because it’s not something that is straight forward and the better you can do it, the more connections you make and the better you can convey information.

Key takeaways

Funding lacks for studies and research in the humanities.
Ethics has become a replacement. However, the humanities are directly related to ethics.
National Humanities Alliance continues to fight for the humanities in our schools because they scaffold off of one another.

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Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert Writes about the learning brain for parents who want plain answers. Every article is grounded in current neuroscience and classroom practice.

Nothing’s stopping companies from funding basic research in the humanities… but in my experience it’s not a priority, and they don’t. And that’s a real pity, because basic humanities research has a tendency of suddenly being vitally needed in other fields.

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