Today we will be:Reviewing:Branches of Linguistics

Branches of linguistics There are many branches, but the main

ones are:

Phonetics The study of human speech sounds.

Phoneticians study the physical speech sound – how is language produced (place, manner of articulation)

Linguists study the form of sound.

Phonology Sound patterning – melody and rhythm of

language Phonology studies the sound system of

languages. The aim of phonology is to demonstrate the

patterns of distinctive sounds found in a language, and to make as general statements as possible about the nature of sound systems in the languages of the world.

The object of study in phonology is phoneme

Syntax Arrangement and formation of words = word order Syntax studies the rules that govern the

formation of sentences from words. These rules specify word order,

sentence organization, and the relationship between word order, word classes and other sentence elements.

Semantics Meaning of language.

Grammar of a language

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Pragmatics – meaning in context

Psycholinguistics The study of language and the mind.

Sociolinguistics The study of language and society. Why does language change?

Applied linguistics The application of linguistics to

language learning.

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