Today we will be:

1. Today we will be: Reviewing: Branches of Linguistics

2. Branches of linguistics • There are many branches, but the main ones are:

3. Phonetics • The study of human speech sounds. • Phoneticians study the physical speech sound – how is language produced (place, manner of articulation) • Linguists study the form of sound.

4. Phonology • Sound patterning – melody and rhythm of language • Phonology studies the sound system of languages. • The aim of phonology is to demonstrate the patterns of distinctive sounds found in a language, and to make as general statements as possible about the nature of sound systems in the languages of the world. • The object of study in phonology is phoneme

5. Syntax • Arrangement and formation of words • = word order • Syntax studies the rules that govern the formation of sentences from words. • These rules specify word order, sentence organization, and the relationship between word order, word classes and other sentence elements.

6. Semantics • Meaningof language.

7. Grammar of a language

8. Pragmatics – meaning in context

9. Psycholinguistics • The study of language and the mind.

10. Sociolinguistics • The study of language and society. • Why does language change?

11. Applied linguistics • The application of linguistics to language learning.

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