Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

Contributors in Linguistics

Linguistics

The study of the biology and evolution of language. It is a highly interdisciplinary field, including linguists, biologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, mathematicians, and others. By shifting ...

clinical linguistics

Language; Linguistics

A sub-discipline of linguistics which involves the application of linguistic theory to the field of Speech-Language Pathology.

developmental linguistics

Language; Linguistics

The study of the development of linguistic ability in an individual, particularly the acquisition of language in childhood. It involves research into the different stages in language acquisition, ...

historical linguistics

Language; Linguistics

The study of language change. It has five main concerns: to describe and account for observed changes in particular languages, to reconstruct the pre-history of languages and determine their ...

language geography

Language; Linguistics

The branch of human geography that studies the geographic distribution of language or its constituent elements. There are two principal fields of study within the geography of language: the ...

linguistic typology

Language; Linguistics

A subfield of linguistics that studies and classifies languages according to their structural features. Its aim is to describe and explain the common properties and the structural diversity of the ...

semiotics

Language; Linguistics

The study of signs and sign processes (semiosis), indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication. Semiotics is closely related to the field of ...