The study of Language is one of my favorite topics. The only language I speak fluently is English. However, I've studied Latin (4 years in high school), Russian (2 years in college + 2 years of living with a Russian), Italian (4 years + several trips to Italy for Holiday), French (1 year), and Japanese (1 year).
I feel that the reason I understand
how the English language works is because of the study of language (and because of a man named Stanley Fish).
Anyways, I haven't studied language for over a year now, and during the last month I've been going through my old Russian textbooks and I forgot how much I missed it. Somehow, the learning of a language doesn't feel like studying (at least not in the sense that, say, a math book has).
Out of all the languages I've ever studied, I've found Russian and Latin to be my favorite. I simply choose to study Russian now, because it will provide a direct benefit in my life.
