linguistics
scientific study of language
etymology
study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time
semantics
study of meaning of linguistic forms (words, phrases, etc.)
cognitive science
interdisciplinary scientific study of the mind and its processes
applied linguistics
study of language-related real-life problems
language geography
branch of human geography that studies the geographic distribution of language(s) or its constituent elements
generative linguistics
linguistic theory that regards grammar as a system of rules that generates exactly those combinations of words that form grammatical sentences in a given language
structural linguistics
view of linguistics
errors in early word use
linguistic concept
stylistics
study and interpretation of texts from a linguistic perspective
philology
study of language in written historical sources
historical linguistics
study of language change over time
Romance linguistics
Scientific study of the Romance languages
anthropological linguistics
study of language within historical and social contexts
morphology
the identification, analysis and description of the structure of a given language's morphemes and other linguistic units
dialectology
scientific study of linguistic dialect
lexicology
linguistic discipline studying words
clinical linguistics
branch of linguistics
corpus linguistics
branch of linguistics that studies language through examples contained in real texts
tagmemics
linguistic theory
metalinguistics
study of the relations between language and culture
developmental linguistics
study of the development of linguistic ability in an individual, particularly the acquisition of language in childhood
grammar
set of structural rules that governs the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language
language and gender
sociolinguistics area of study
translation studies
science of interpreting and translating
study of the Hebrew language
field of academic study
linguistic anthropology
interdisciplinary study of how language influences social life
etruscology
study of ancient Etruscan civilization, antiquities, language, etc.
sociology of language
branch of sociology
Indo-European studies
study of speakers of the Indo-European languages
semasiology
branch of linguistics about what words mean
Russian linguistics
study of the Russian language
systemic functional linguistics
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phonetics
branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech
psycholinguistics
study of relations between psychology and language
deconstruction
critical outlook concerned with the relationship between text and meaning
theoretical linguistics
branch of linguistics which inquires into the nature of language
descriptive linguistics
work of objectively describing the state of a linguistic system; as opposed to prescribing perceived norms of usage
ethnolinguistics
academic discipline
forensic linguistics
application of linguistics to forensics
terminology
nomenclature, seen as terms and their uses
contrastive linguistics
practice-oriented linguistic approach
linguistic demography
statistical study of languages among all populations
Ukrainian linguistics
Ukrainian language studies
functional theories of grammar
approaches to the study of language that see functionality of language and its elements to be the key to understanding linguistic processes and structures
general linguistics
field in linguistics that focuses on the general rules of language
Arabic Language Studies
academic discipline
onomastics
study of proper names of all kinds and the origins of names