Types and Branches of linguistics Flashcards
Evolutionary linguistics
How and why did language develop?
Historical/diachronic linguistics
How and why is language constantly changing?
1st language acquisition
How is language acquired by little children?
2nd language acquisition
How is language learned as a second or foreign language?
Neurolinguistics
How and where is language stored in the brain?
Cognitive linguistics
How does language interact with cognition?
Sociolinguistics
How is language used in and shaped by society/social behavior/different societies/different groups of society?
Functional linguistics
What communicative functions does language have?
Typology
How do languages differ from each other ?
FLT (Foreign) language teaching
How can/should a (foreign) language be taught best?
Phonetics
The study of speech sounds
Phonology
The study of sound systems of individual
languages, study of phonemes
Morphology
The study of the creation and structure of
words and morphemes
Syntax
The study of structural units larger than words (e.g.
phrases, clauses, sentences)
Semantics
The study of word and sentence meaning
