What is linguistics?
Linguistics is the scientific study of language.
Who is a linguist?
Linguist is someone who engages in the scientific study of language.
What are the branches of linguistics?
The main braches of linguistics are Phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics and discourse analysis.
What is Phonetics?
Phonetics is the study of the physical aspects of sounds of human language.
What is Phonology?
Phonology is the study of sounds and sound patterns of a language.
What is Morphology?
Morphology is the study of the internal structure of words.
What is Syntax?
Syntax is the study of how words combine to form grammatical sentences.
What is Semantics?
Semantics is the study of the lexical meaning of word, phrases or sentences.
What is Pragmatics?
Pragmatics is the study of how utterances are used in communicative acts.
What is Discourse analysis?
Discourse analysis is the analysis of language use in texts.
