Linguistics, as defined by Edward Finegan, is the systematic inquiry into human language-into its structures and uses and the relationship between hem, as well as into the development and acquisition of language. Language, as defined by the Collegiate Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is a body or system of words and phrases used by a large community or by a people, a nation, or a group of nations. Most contemporary linguists work under the assumption that spoken language is more fundamental, and thus more important to study than writing (Linguistics). Some of these linguists intertwined the study of linguistics with other fields such as science and so forth. There are five men who have made a profound contribution to the study of linguistics: Leonard Bloomfield, Noam Chomsky, Martin Joos, Ferdinand de Saussure, and Edward Sapir.

Leonard Bloomfield was a linguist that took an interest in the Germanic language and spent most...