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BRANCHES OF LINGUISTICS
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Branches of linguistics
PHONETICS
PHONETICS
PHONETICS
Definition
A phonetician might, for example, look at how stress manifests in a language.
PHONOLOGY
PHONOLOGY
THE STUDY OF SOUND SYSTEMS AND HOW THEY PATTERN
Definition
THE STUDY OF SENTENCE STRUCTURE
SYNTAX
Definition
As an example, someone from the United States may say, “Would you like some tea?”, while a person from the UK might instead say, “Fancy a cuppa?” They’re both speaking English, and they’re both expressing the exact same idea. But not only would the pronunciation (the accent) be different, the choice of vocabulary and the grammar behind both sentences is clearly distinct.
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THE STUDY OF MEANING AND FORMALIZING IT INTO A LOGICAL FORM
SEMANTICS
PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
THE STUDY OF HOW LANGUAGE MANIFESTS IN THE BRAIN
SOCIOLINGUISTICS
THE STUDY OF THE INTERSECTION OF LANGUAGE WITH SOCIETY
COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS
THE STUDY OF APPLYING COMPUTER SCIENCE TO LINGUISTICS
THE STUDY OF HOW LANGUAGES CHANGE ACROSS TIME
HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS
THE STUDY OF APPLYING LINGUISTICS TO REAL-LIFE SITUATIONS
APPLIED LINGUISTICS
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