Linguistics is the science of language and words. Where does language come from and how did it evolve through history?

Language is in many ways a living entity. Sure there are rules, grammar and phonetics, but language is rich and full, it is the communicative glue that binds us together as human beings.

Keynote speakers talking about linguistics may choose to focus on grammar, phonetics and semantics but also the history of language, about slang and the way in which language is used within the world of literature, movies or music.

And language does not necessarily have to be the boring study of grammatical rules which many of us probably recall from elementary school or high school. Many keynote speakers on linguistics know exactly how to make language come alive.