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A branch of linguistics which studies the sounds of human speech, or—in the case of sign languages—the equivalent aspects of sign. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds or ...

Domain: Language; Category: Linguistics

The branch of linguistics which studies how words are combined to form sentences and the rules that govern the formation of sentences.

Domain: Language; Category: Linguistics

A branch of linguistics which studies the systematic organization of speech sounds. It has traditionally focused largely on study of the systems of phonemes in particular languages, but it may also ...

Domain: Language; Category: Linguistics

A brach of linguistics which studies the identification, analysis and description of the structure of a given language's morphemes and other linguistic units, such as root words, affixes, parts of ...

Domain: Language; Category: Linguistics

A branch of linguistics which studies the ways in which context contributes to meaning. Pragmatics encompasses speech act theory, conversational implicature, talk in interaction and other approaches ...

Domain: Language; Category: Linguistics

The subfield of linguistics which studies meaning that is used to understand human expression through language. The formal study of semantics intersects with many other fields of inquiry, including ...

Domain: Language; Category: Linguistics

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