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Linguistics essentials
Core terms for sound, structure, meaning and social language use.
Linguisticsnoun
The scientific study of language.
PhoneticsnounThe study of physical speech sounds.
PhonologynounThe study of sound systems.
MorphologynounThe study of word structure.
SyntaxnounThe study of sentence structure.
SemanticsnounThe study of conventional meaning.
PragmaticsnounThe study of meaning in context.
sociolinguisticsnounThe study of language and society.