Linguistics: The Scientific Study of Language

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Which branch of linguistics focuses on how words and morphemes combine to form longer units such as phrases and sentences?

  • Morphology
  • Phonology
  • Syntax (correct)
  • Phonetics

What is the study of language in oral and written historical sources called?

  • Phonetics
  • Morphology
  • Philology (correct)
  • Syntax

What is the term for any distinct speech sound or gesture in linguistics?

  • Syntax
  • Morpheme
  • Phoneme (correct)
  • Phonology

Which branch of linguistics studies the systematic organization of speech sounds in a language?

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Linguistics Branches and Concepts

  • The branch of linguistics that focuses on how words and morphemes combine to form longer units such as phrases and sentences is called Syntax.

Historical Language Study

  • Philology is the study of language in oral and written historical sources.

Phonetics and Phonology

  • In linguistics, a distinct speech sound or gesture is termed a Phone.
  • The branch of linguistics that studies the systematic organization of speech sounds in a language is called Phonology.

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