Linguistic concepts:


Language: a system of vocal sounds which are used for human communication.

Linguistics: the scientific study of language.

Morphology: the study of the formation of words.

Phonology: is the study of how speech sounds function in a language.

Phonetics: the study of speech sounds.

Syntax: the study of the rules giverning the way words are combined to form sentences in a language.

Semantics: the scientific study of language in relation to meaning.

Pragmatics: the study of the effects of language implied meaning.

Sociolinguistics: the study of the effect of any and all aspects of society on languages.

Psycholinguistics: the study of the cognitive process that supports the aquisition and use of language.


                                         A.Manzar