Linguistics

Linguistics

1. The scientific study of language and its structure

   • Include
     • Units
     • Nature
     • Structure
     • Modification of language

2. branches of linguistics

   • Sociolinguistics
   • Dialectology
   • Psycholinguistics
   • Computational Linguistics
   • Comparative Linguistics
   • Structural Linguistics

3. Components

   • Pragmatics
     • choices of language in social interaction
   • Phonology
     • System of rules about sounds
     • Sound combinations for a language
     • Phonetics
       • system of speech sounds of a language
   • Semantics
     • Rules by which we derive meaning in a given language
     • Study of the meanings of words and phrases in language
     • Meanings of words and phrases in a particular context
   • Morphology
     • Study and description of how words are formed in language
     • Refers to the rules combining morphemes.
       • Morpheme
         • A word or a part of a word that has a meaning and that contains no smaller part that has a meaning
   • Syntax
     • The way in which words are put together to form phrases

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