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What is the scientific study of language?
What is the term for the study of speech sounds in their physical aspects?
What is the term for the smallest unit of sound that makes a meaningful difference in a language?
Who is credited with the definition of linguistics as 'the study of language, clarify, part substantiate certain conclusions, human knowledge, relate directly to classical issues, philosophy of mind'?
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What is the branch of linguistics that is concerned with the structure of language?
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What is the study of phonemes?
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What is the branch of linguistics that deals with the effect of society or social factors on language?
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What is the study of the development of language over time?
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What is the study of the meaning of words and phrases?
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What is the branch of linguistics that is involved in the study of identifying similar and dissimilar properties between different languages of a common origin?
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Study Notes
What is Linguistics?
- Linguistics is the scientific study of language.
- The study of language as a system of human communication.
- It recognizes laws operating universally in language, separating general phenomena, and branch of languages.
Famous Linguists
- Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913): Studied the structure of language, recognizing laws operating universally in language.
- Noam Chomsky (1928-present): Studied language to clarify and substantiate certain conclusions, relating to human knowledge and philosophy of mind.
Subfields of Linguistics
- Phonetics: The study of speech sounds in their physical aspects.
- Phonology: The study of speech sounds in their cognitive aspects.
- Morphology: The study of the formation of words.
Branches of Linguistics
- Micro Linguistics: Concerned with the internal structure of language.
- Macro Linguistics: The major branch of linguistics, which further divides into various branches.
Micro Linguistics
Phonetics and Phonology
- Phoneme: The smallest unit of sound that makes a meaningful difference in a language.
- Phonetics: The study of individual speech sounds.
- Phonology: The study of phonemes, when the speech sounds of an individual language are studied.
Morpheme and Morphology
- Morpheme: A string of one or more phonemes that makes up the smallest units of meaning in a language.
- Morphology: The study of words and other meaningful units of language like suffixes and prefixes.
Syntax
- Syntax: The structure of sentence, studying the rules of a language by which we construct sentences.
- Study of sentences and phrases, or how people put words into the right order to communicate meaningfully.
Semantics and Pragmatics
- Semantics: The study of the meaning of words and phrases, generally studying the meaning of sentences.
- Pragmatics: The study of the use of language, studying how the context of a sentence contributes to meaning.
Macro Linguistics
Branches of Macro Linguistics
- Applied Linguistics: Involved in the identification, investigation, and providing solutions for real-life issues relating to language.
- Sociolinguistics: Deals with the effect of society or social factors on language.
- Computational Linguistics: Concerned with the study and perception of spoken and written language from a computational perspective.
- Psycholinguistics: Deals with the psychological aspects of language.
- Comparative Linguistics: Studies the identifying similar and dissimilar properties between different languages of a common origin.
- Historical Linguistics: Studies the development of language over time.
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This quiz covers the basics of linguistics, including the definition, etymology, and key figures in the field. Learn about the scientific study of language and its structure.
