vocabulary

Linguistics: Linguistics is the scientific study of human language.



Sociolinguistics: Sociolinguistics is the study of the effect of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on the way language is used, and the effects of language use on society.



competence, being an ideal, is located as a psychological or mental property or function.



Performance, which refers to an actual event.



Phonetics: is a branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech, or languages, the equivalent aspects of sign.



phonology: is, broadly speaking, the subdiscipline of linguistics concerned with "the sounds of language is.


The first is the study of language structure, or grammar.



This focuses on the system of rules followed by the speakers (or hearers) of a language. It encompasses morphology (the formation and composition of words),


syntax (the formation and composition of phrases and sentences from these words),

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The study of language meaning is concerned with how languages employ logical structures and real-world references to convey, process, and assign meaning, as well as to manage and resolve ambiguity.



This subfield encompasses semantics (how meaning is inferred from words and concepts) and pragmatics (how meaning is inferred from context).



Language in its broader context includes evolutionary linguistics, which considers the origins of language.


historical linguistics: which explores language change.


psycholinguistics: which explores the representation and function of language in the mind.


neurolinguistics: which looks at language processing in the brain.


language acquisition: how children or adults acquire language.


discourse analysis: which involves the structure of texts and conversations.


Semiotics: is the general study of signs and symbols both within language and without.


Literary theorists: study the use of language in literature.



Linguistics additionally draws on and informs work from such diverse fields as psychology, speech-language pathology, informatics, computer science, philosophy, biology, human anatomy, neuroscience, sociology, anthropology.