Linguistics: The study of language as a system of human communication.
Semantics: The history of meanings in language, including historical changes.
Prescriptive Linguistics: Attemps to lay down rules of correctness as to how language should be used.
Descriptive Linguistics: It is used to describe the facts of linguistics usage as they are without personal judgement of how they ought to be.
Ethnography: The study of life and culture of a society or ethnic group, especially by personal observation without any judgement.
Ethnolinguistics: A branch of linguistics which studies language in relation to the investigation of ethnic types and behavior.
Sociolinguistics: The study of language in relation to social factors, that is class, educational level and type for education, age, sex, ethnic origin, etc.
Generative Grammar: A set of rules whereby permissible sentences may be generated from the elements of a language. All humans are able to produce languages.
Universal Grammar: A theory which claims to account for the grammatical compentence of every adult no matter what language he or she speaks.
Neurolinguistics: A branch of linguistics, sometimes called neurological linguistics, which studies the neurological basis of language development and use, and attempts to construct a model of the brain's control over the processes of speaking, listening, reading, writing, and signing.
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