Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

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generative phonology

Language; Linguistics

A component of generative grammar that assigns the correct phonetic representations to utterances in such a way as to reflect a native speaker’s internalized grammar.

phonetics

Language; Linguistics

A branch of linguistics which studies the sounds of human speech, or—in the case of sign languages—the equivalent aspects of sign. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds or ...

pedagogical lexicography

Language; Linguistics

Pedagogical lexicography is the branch of lexicography dealing with the theory and practice of pedagogical dictionaries.

The study of the neural mechanisms in the human brain that control the comprehension, production, and acquisition of language. As an interdisciplinary field, neurolinguistics draws methodology and ...

semantics

Language; Linguistics

The subfield of linguistics which studies meaning that is used to understand human expression through language. The formal study of semantics intersects with many other fields of inquiry, including ...

sociolinguistics

Language; Linguistics

The descriptive study of the effect of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on the way language is used, and the effects of language use on society.

computational linguistics

Language; Linguistics

An interdisciplinary field dealing with the statistical or rule-based modeling of natural language from a computational perspective.Computational linguistics has theoretical and applied components, ...