Introduction to Linguistics

Linguistics focuses on

• the study of world languages

• the rules and conventions of language

• English phonetics

• the scientific study of language

the branches of linguistics that focus on the structure of language

• syntax & pragmatics

• morphology & phonology

• morphology & syntax

• syntax & semantics

The branches of linguistics that focus on the meaning of a language

• semantics & phonology

• semantics & pragmatics

• morphology & pragmatics

• pragmatics & phonology

The branches of linguistics that focus on the sound system of a language

• phonetics & semantics

• phonetics & phonology

• semantics & syntax

• morphology & pragmatics

The study of the structure of phrases and sentences

• syntax

• morphology

• phonology

• semantics

The study of appropriate languge use in different social contexts.

• semantics

• phonetics

• pragmatics

• linguistics

The type of grammar that provides rules and tells speaker how they SHOULD use the language.

• Descriptive Grammar

• Universal Grammar

• Prescriptive Grammar

The type of grammar that merely describes the way in which speakers of a language actually use the language, following the mental rules they know

• Descriptive Grammar

• Universal Grammar

• Prescriptive Grammar

The study of meaning in context is....

• Semantics

• Psycholinguistics

• Phonetics

• Pragmatics

The study of meanings of words, phrases, clauses and sentences is....

• Pragmatics

• Semantics

• Morphology

• Sociolinguistics