The toolbox for language description Kuiper and Allan 1.2 Linguistics The toolbox for language description Kuiper and Allan 1.2
What is linguistics? the scientific study of language and languages It has various branches because languages have many subsystems. Sub-disciplines of linguistics look at various of these subsystems.
Lexis and Morphology the vocabulary of a language and its structure the internal structure (grammar) of words
Phonetics: the study of speech sounds articulatory acoustic auditory
Phonology the study of sound systems of languages what sounds are distinctive in a language
Syntax the structure of sentences how sentences are made up of words and phrases
Semantics What is meaning? How is it related to human conceptual structure? How is it related to syntax and lexis?
Pragmatics How is the context of an utterance used to interpret the utterance?