Linguistics: Subfields & Branches

The study of language and the brain, how brain damage (aphasia) affects language, and the location of language centers in the brain.

• Psycholinguistics

• Corpus Linguistics

• Neurolinguistics

• Computational Linguistics

Is about the ways sounds pattern in languages.

• Morphology

• Phonology

• Phonetics

• Linguistics

Appropriate use of language and appropriate interpretation of what is said in the light of peoples' belief and the context in which is is said.

• Semantics

• Morphology

• Phonology

• Pragmatics

Analyses large collections of natural texts (both spoken and written) known as “corpus” to explain, exemplify and interpret patterns of language use.

• Historical Linguistics

• Sociolinguistics

• Neurolinguistics

• Corpus Linguistics

The study of how social factors –including class, race, and ethnicity- influence language.

• Psycho Linguistics

• Sociolinguistics

• Anthropological

• Historical Linguistics

The study of language and culture, including the study of kinship terms and how language shapes cultural identity.

• Sociolinguistics

• Historical Linguistics

• Psycholinguistics

• Anthropological Linguistics

System of rules underlying our knowledge of words and sentence meaning

• Semantics

• Pragmatics

• Morphology

• Syntax

‘The study of the cognitive processes that support the acquisition and use of language: bilingualism, production and perception of L2, code switching, memory, gestures in second language, etc.

• Corpus Linguistics

• Sociolinguistics

• Neurolinguistics

• Psycholinguistics

"The study of the system of rules underlying our knowledge of the structure of words"

• Morphology

• Linguistics

• Semantics

• Syntax

Is "the study of the physical aspects of the sounds of speech".

• Morphology

• Phonetics

• Syntax

• Phonology