Linguistics
From Tomísimo
Linguistics is the scientific study of language. A linguist is someone who engages in this study.
Branches of linguistics
There are many areas of linguistics. The following are general theoretical fields of linguistics.
- Semantics - Meaning of language
- Pragmatics - How language is used
- Syntax - How words are arranged to create meaningful phrases (grammar)
- Morphology - Parts of words and how they go together
- Phonology - The sounds that make up language
- Historical linguistics - Study of language in the past and language change
- Sociolinguistics - How society and language interact
- Psycholinguistics - The brain and language
Applied linguistics
Applied linguistics refers to the study of language with the goal of teaching, applying linguistic study to different fields such as foreign language teaching, ESL, translation, and speech therapy.
