Linguistics essentials

Core terms for studying language structure, sound, meaning and use.

The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.

The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the human voice; phonology.

The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and co…

That branch of biology which deals with the structure of animals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and describing their varieties, hom…

Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism.

The study of meaning in language.

The study of what speakers mean in real situations, beyond the literal words.

The study of how language varies across social groups and situations.