1. Phonetics: The study of the physical sounds of human speech.
2. Phonology: The study of how sounds are organized and used in natural languages.
3. Morphology: The study of the structure of words and how they are formed.
4. Syntax: The study of how words are combined to form sentences.
5. Semantics: The study of meaning in language.
6. Pragmatics: The study of how context influences the meaning of language.
7. Sociolinguistics: The study of how language is used in social contexts.
8. Psycholinguistics: The study of how language is processed in the brain.
9. Neurolinguistics: The study of how language is represented and processed in the brain.
10. Computational linguistics: The study of how computers can be used to process and analyze language.
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Linguistics
Subfields of Linguistics:
Core Subfields: - Phonetics: Study of speech sounds - Phonology: Study of how speech sounds are organized in a language - Morphology: Study of word structure - Syntax: Study of sentence structure - Semantics: Study of meaning in language - Pragmatics: Study of language use in social context - Historical linguistics: Study of how languages change over time
Applied Subfields: - Applied linguistics: Application of linguistic knowledge to practical problems, such as language teaching and language acquisition - Computational linguistics: Use of computers to process and analyze language - Forensic linguistics: Analysis of language in legal settings - Language acquisition: Study of how children and adults learn language - Language pathology: Diagnosis and treatment of language disorders - Lexicography: Study of dictionaries and the meaning of words - Linguistic anthropology: Study of the relationship between language and culture - Psycholinguistics: Study of the relationship between language and the mind - Sociolinguistics: Study of the relationship between language and society - Translation studies: Study of the process of translating from one language to another