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Phonetics
It is the study of the production and perception of speech sounds by humans. How these sounds are physically articulated and how the hearer perceives them.
The contrete way of the phonology.
Phonology
It is the study of the sound patterns of language. Different patterns of sounds in different positions in words. It is concerned with how sounds are organized in a language.
It is the science of sound patterns.
Morphology
It is the study of word formation and structure. It studies how words are put together from their smaller parts and the rules governing this process. (Prefix,suffix)
It the playing around with words and sentences.
Syntax
It is the study of sentence structure. It attempts to describe what is grammatical in a particular language in term of rules.
Sentence and grammar.
Semantics
It is the study of meaning. It is concerned with describing how we represent the meaning of a word in our mind and how we use this representation in constructing sentences.
Meaning and the way we see thing.
Language acquisition
It is how children learn to speak and how adults learn a second language. The innate knowledge of learner (CAlled Universal Grammar or UG) and the environment.
The way they learn a new language.
Neurolinguistics
It is the study of the brain and how it functions in the production, perception and acquisition of language.
In link with the brain.
Etymology
It is the study of the history of a word. (Where the word comes from)
It is the history of a word.
