linguistics Flashcards
What is linguistics?
The scientific study of language and its structure
what is linguistics concerned with?
Linguistics is concerned with the nature of language and communication. It deals both with the study of particular languages, and the search for general properties common to all languages or large groups of languages
list the levels of language in order top down
pragmatics, syntax/grammer,semantics,lexis, morphology,phonetics and phonology
what is morphology concerned with?
parts of words, suffixes and affixes
what is syntax also related to
grammer
what is syntax concerned with?
words are into How put together larger utterances
what is semantics related to?
meaning each word, together
P+P relates to..
sounds
dropping the h
accent
what does pragmatics do?
Meaning/language use in a specific context,e.g. Can you play the piano? vs Can you pass the salt?
