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• Language

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Core areas Phonology [r]: In linguistics, the study of the system used to represent language, including sounds in spoken language and hand movements in sign language. [e] Syntax [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Syntax (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed. Morphology (linguistics) [r]: The study of word structure; the study of such patterns of word-formation across and within languages, and attempts to explicate formal rules reflective of the knowledge of the speakers of those languages. [e] Semantics (linguistics) [r]: The subfield of the study of language which focuses on meaning. [e] Pragmatics [r]: Branch of linguistics concerned with language in use or the study of meaning as it arises from language occurring in context. [e] Phonetics [r]: Study of speech sounds and their perception, production, combination, and description. [e]

Fields of linguistics Language acquisition [r]: The study of how language comes to users of first and second languages. [e] Cognitive linguistics [r]: School of linguistics that understands language creation, learning, and usage as best explained by reference to human cognition in general. [e] Grammar [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Grammar (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed. Sociolinguistics [r]: Branch of linguistics concerned with language in social contexts - how people use language, how it varies, how it contributes to users' sense of identity, etc. [e] Creolistics [r]: The study of creole and pidgin languages. [e] Language evolution [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Language evolution (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed. Psycholinguistics [r]: Study of the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, comprehend and produce language. [e] Neurolinguistics [r]: Add brief definition or description Generative linguistics [r]: School of thought within linguistics that makes use of the concept of a generative grammar. [e] Natural language [r]: A communication system based on sequences of acoustic, visual or tactile symbols that serve as units of meaning. [e] Psycholinguistics [r]: Study of the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, comprehend and produce language. [e] Anthropological linguistics [r]: The study of language through human genetics and human development. [e] Computational linguistics [r]: Branch of linguistics and computer science that seeks to understand the nature of language through computer modelling, as well as develop natural language processing to improve human-computer interaction. [e] Writing systems [r]: Add brief definition or description Applied linguistics Applied linguistics [r]: The application of linguistic theories to practical issues and problems, such as language learning. [e] Clinical linguistics [r]: Add brief definition or description History of linguistics History of linguistics [r]: Chronological study of the science which endeavours to describe and explain the human faculty of language. [e] Contextual linguistics [r]: Add brief definition or description Descriptions of language Linguistic typology [r]: Add brief definition or description Descriptive linguistics [r]: Add brief definition or description Historical linguistics [r]: Add brief definition or description Comparative linguistics [r]: Add brief definition or description Linguistic variation [r]: Add brief definition or description Corpus linguistics [r]: Add brief definition or description Other related topics Communication and discourse Communication [r]: Add brief definition or description Stylistics [r]: Add brief definition or description Discourse analysis [r]: Add brief definition or description Paralanguage [r]: Add brief definition or description Attitudes to language and linguistic study Linguistic prescriptivism [r]: Add brief definition or description