Linguistics an Introduction
| Author | Jean Aitchison |
| Read | February 28, 2018 |
| Categories | Linguistics |
| Links | LibraryThing |
Scope of linguistics
The book makes use of a brilliant illustration to roughly show how linguistics branches of and is composed internally:
Some rough definitions:
- Phonetics: human speech sounds, their qualities, articulation
- Phonology: sound-patterning
- Syntax: arrangement (and form; morphology) of words
- Morphology: form of words
- Semantics: study of meaning
- Pragmatics: extra-linguistical information; context