Linguistics is the study of
language.
Some topics in theoretical linguistics
- Phonetics - human sounds
- Phonology - sounds of a particular language
- Morphology - words and word structure
- Syntax - combinations of words; grammar
- Semantics - meaning of words and combinations of words
- Pragmatics - context and meaning
- Linguistic typology - classification of languages by features
- Historical linguistics/comparative linguistics - language changes
Related and cross-discipline topics
- Philology - study of ancient texts
- Sociolinguistics - effect of society on language
- Linguistic anthropology - study of humans through their language
- Neurolinguistics - underlying brain mechanisms that enable learning/use of language
- Psycholinguistics - mental/behavioural factors that enable human learning/use of language
- Computational linguistics
