Linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics (/lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/; from Ancient Greek: λιγνιστικός, linguistikos, "knowledge of languages") is the scientific study of language and its structure. It involves analysing language form, language meaning, and language in context. Linguists traditionally analyse human language by observing an interplay between sound and meaning.
Etymology
The word linguistics is derived from the Latin lingua (tongue, language) and the Greek suffix -ιστικός (-istikos, relating to). The term was first used in the middle of the 19th century to emphasize the difference between a newer approach to the study of language that was then developing and the more traditional approach of philology.
Related Terms
- Phonetics: The study of the physical sounds of human speech.
- Syntax: The study of the principles and rules for constructing sentences in natural languages.
- Semantics: The study of meaning.
- Pragmatics: The study of how context influences the way language is interpreted.
- Morphology: The study of the internal structure of words.
- Sociolinguistics: The study of how language varies and changes in social groups.
- Psycholinguistics: The study of how language is processed in the brain.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Linguistics
- Wikipedia's article - Linguistics
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