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Linguistics


 

Broadly conceived, linguistics is the scientific study of human language, and a linguist is someone who engages in this study. (Lay people sometimes use the term linguistician, but as Aitchison 2003 points out, this is "too much of a tongue-twister to become generally accepted.")

See also

◄ Linguistics: Narrower conceptions of "linguistics"
Linguistics: References ►

~ Table of Content ~

►Introduction
►Dichotomies and language
►Levels of theoretical linguistics
►Diachronic linguistics
►Applied linguistics
►Contextual linguistics
►Individual speakers, language communities, and linguistic universals
►Prescription and description
►Speech versus writing
►Research areas of linguistics
►Interdisciplinary linguistic research
►Important linguists and schools of thought
►Representation of speech
►Narrower conceptions of "linguistics"
►See also
►References
►External links

 

 

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