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Language
Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.
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comparative linguistics
Language; Grammar
A branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages to establish their historical relatedness.
speech and language pathology
Language; Grammar
Disorders of verbal communication, including expressive language (the production of effective communication) and receptive language (the understanding of presented communication), ...
cognitive linguistics
Language; Grammar
The branch of linguistics that interprets language in terms of the concepts, sometimes universal, sometimes specific to a particular tongue, which underlie its forms.
language acquisition
Language; Grammar
The process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive, produce and use words to understand and communicate. This capacity involves the picking up of diverse capacities ...
generative linguistics
Language; Grammar
A school of thought within linguistics that makes use of the concept of a generative grammar.
discourse analysis
Language; Grammar
Analysis of speech units larger than the sentence and of their relationship to the contexts in which they are used.
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