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	'''Linguistics''' is the [[science\|scientific]]~~<sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup>~~ study of [[language]].~~<sup>[3]</sup><sup>[4]</sup>~~ Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure ([[grammar]]) and the study of [[Meaning (linguistics)\|meaning]] ([[Semantics\|semantics]] and [[Pragmatics\|pragmatics]]). Grammar encompasses [[morphology (linguistics)\|morphology]] (the formation and composition of [[Words\|words]]), [[syntax]] (the rules that determine how words combine into [[phrase]]s and [[Sentence (linguistics)\|sentences]]) and [[phonology]] (the study of sound systems and abstract sound units). [[Phonetics]] is a related branch of linguistics concerned with the actual properties of speech sounds ([[Phone (phonetics)\|phones]]), non-speech sounds, and how they are produced and [[speech perception\|perceived]].		'''Linguistics''' is the [[science\|scientific]] study of [[language]]. Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure ([[grammar]]) and the study of [[Meaning (linguistics)\|meaning]] ([[Semantics\|semantics]] and [[Pragmatics\|pragmatics]]). Grammar encompasses [[morphology (linguistics)\|morphology]] (the formation and composition of [[Words\|words]]), [[syntax]] (the rules that determine how words combine into [[phrase]]s and [[Sentence (linguistics)\|sentences]]) and [[phonology]] (the study of sound systems and abstract sound units). [[Phonetics]] is a related branch of linguistics concerned with the actual properties of speech sounds ([[Phone (phonetics)\|phones]]), non-speech sounds, and how they are produced and [[speech perception\|perceived]].

	Other sub-disciplines of linguistics include the following: [[evolutionary linguistics]], which considers the origins of language; [[historical linguistics]], which explores language change; [[sociolinguistics]], which looks at the relation between linguistic variation and social structures; [[psycholinguistics]], which explores the representation and functioning of language in the mind; [[neurolinguistics]], which looks at the representation of language in the brain; [[language acquisition]], which considers how children acquire their first language and how children and adults acquire and learn their second and subsequent languages; and [[discourse analysis]], which is concerned with the structure of texts and conversations, and [[pragmatics]] with how meaning is transmitted based on a combination of linguistic competence, non-linguistic knowledge, and the context of the speech act.		Other sub-disciplines of linguistics include the following: [[evolutionary linguistics]], which considers the origins of language; [[historical linguistics]], which explores language change; [[sociolinguistics]], which looks at the relation between linguistic variation and social structures; [[psycholinguistics]], which explores the representation and functioning of language in the mind; [[neurolinguistics]], which looks at the representation of language in the brain; [[language acquisition]], which considers how children acquire their first language and how children and adults acquire and learn their second and subsequent languages; and [[discourse analysis]], which is concerned with the structure of texts and conversations, and [[pragmatics]] with how meaning is transmitted based on a combination of linguistic competence, non-linguistic knowledge, and the context of the speech act.

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	'''Linguistics''' is the [[science\|scientific]]<sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup> study of [[~~natural~~ language]].<sup>[3]</sup><sup>[4]</sup> Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure ([[grammar]]) and the study of [[Meaning (linguistics)\|meaning]] ([[Semantics\|semantics]] and [[Pragmatics\|pragmatics]]). Grammar encompasses [[morphology (linguistics)\|morphology]] (the formation and composition of [[Words\|words]]), [[syntax]] (the rules that determine how words combine into [[phrase]]s and [[Sentence (linguistics)\|sentences]]) and [[phonology]] (the study of sound systems and abstract sound units). [[Phonetics]] is a related branch of linguistics concerned with the actual properties of speech sounds ([[Phone (phonetics)\|phones]]), non-speech sounds, and how they are produced and [[speech perception\|perceived]].		'''Linguistics''' is the [[science\|scientific]]<sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup> study of [[language]].<sup>[3]</sup><sup>[4]</sup> Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure ([[grammar]]) and the study of [[Meaning (linguistics)\|meaning]] ([[Semantics\|semantics]] and [[Pragmatics\|pragmatics]]). Grammar encompasses [[morphology (linguistics)\|morphology]] (the formation and composition of [[Words\|words]]), [[syntax]] (the rules that determine how words combine into [[phrase]]s and [[Sentence (linguistics)\|sentences]]) and [[phonology]] (the study of sound systems and abstract sound units). [[Phonetics]] is a related branch of linguistics concerned with the actual properties of speech sounds ([[Phone (phonetics)\|phones]]), non-speech sounds, and how they are produced and [[speech perception\|perceived]].

	Other sub-disciplines of linguistics include the following: [[evolutionary linguistics]], which considers the origins of language; [[historical linguistics]], which explores language change; [[sociolinguistics]], which looks at the relation between linguistic variation and social structures; [[psycholinguistics]], which explores the representation and functioning of language in the mind; [[neurolinguistics]], which looks at the representation of language in the brain; [[language acquisition]], which considers how children acquire their first language and how children and adults acquire and learn their second and subsequent languages; and [[discourse analysis]], which is concerned with the structure of texts and conversations, and [[pragmatics]] with how meaning is transmitted based on a combination of linguistic competence, non-linguistic knowledge, and the context of the speech act.		Other sub-disciplines of linguistics include the following: [[evolutionary linguistics]], which considers the origins of language; [[historical linguistics]], which explores language change; [[sociolinguistics]], which looks at the relation between linguistic variation and social structures; [[psycholinguistics]], which explores the representation and functioning of language in the mind; [[neurolinguistics]], which looks at the representation of language in the brain; [[language acquisition]], which considers how children acquire their first language and how children and adults acquire and learn their second and subsequent languages; and [[discourse analysis]], which is concerned with the structure of texts and conversations, and [[pragmatics]] with how meaning is transmitted based on a combination of linguistic competence, non-linguistic knowledge, and the context of the speech act.

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	'''Linguistics''' is the [[science\|scientific]]<sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup> study of [[~~language\|~~natural language]].<sup>[3]</sup><sup>[4]</sup> Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure ([[grammar]]) and the study of [[Meaning (linguistics)\|meaning]] ([[Semantics\|semantics]] and [[Pragmatics\|pragmatics]]). Grammar encompasses [[morphology (linguistics)\|morphology]] (the formation and composition of [[Words\|words]]), [[syntax]] (the rules that determine how words combine into [[phrase]]s and [[Sentence (linguistics)\|sentences]]) and [[phonology]] (the study of sound systems and abstract sound units). [[Phonetics]] is a related branch of linguistics concerned with the actual properties of speech sounds ([[Phone (phonetics)\|phones]]), non-speech sounds, and how they are produced and [[speech perception\|perceived]].		'''Linguistics''' is the [[science\|scientific]]<sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup> study of [[natural language]].<sup>[3]</sup><sup>[4]</sup> Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure ([[grammar]]) and the study of [[Meaning (linguistics)\|meaning]] ([[Semantics\|semantics]] and [[Pragmatics\|pragmatics]]). Grammar encompasses [[morphology (linguistics)\|morphology]] (the formation and composition of [[Words\|words]]), [[syntax]] (the rules that determine how words combine into [[phrase]]s and [[Sentence (linguistics)\|sentences]]) and [[phonology]] (the study of sound systems and abstract sound units). [[Phonetics]] is a related branch of linguistics concerned with the actual properties of speech sounds ([[Phone (phonetics)\|phones]]), non-speech sounds, and how they are produced and [[speech perception\|perceived]].

	Other sub-disciplines of linguistics include the following: [[evolutionary linguistics]], which considers the origins of language; [[historical linguistics]], which explores language change; [[sociolinguistics]], which looks at the relation between linguistic variation and social structures; [[psycholinguistics]], which explores the representation and functioning of language in the mind; [[neurolinguistics]], which looks at the representation of language in the brain; [[language acquisition]], which considers how children acquire their first language and how children and adults acquire and learn their second and subsequent languages; and [[discourse analysis]], which is concerned with the structure of texts and conversations, and [[pragmatics]] with how meaning is transmitted based on a combination of linguistic competence, non-linguistic knowledge, and the context of the speech act.		Other sub-disciplines of linguistics include the following: [[evolutionary linguistics]], which considers the origins of language; [[historical linguistics]], which explores language change; [[sociolinguistics]], which looks at the relation between linguistic variation and social structures; [[psycholinguistics]], which explores the representation and functioning of language in the mind; [[neurolinguistics]], which looks at the representation of language in the brain; [[language acquisition]], which considers how children acquire their first language and how children and adults acquire and learn their second and subsequent languages; and [[discourse analysis]], which is concerned with the structure of texts and conversations, and [[pragmatics]] with how meaning is transmitted based on a combination of linguistic competence, non-linguistic knowledge, and the context of the speech act.

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	'''Linguistics''' is the [[science\|scientific]]<sup>[]</sup> study of [[language\|natural language]].<sup>[]</sup><sup>[]</sup> Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure ([[grammar]]) and the study of [[Meaning (linguistics)\|meaning]] ([[semantics]]). Grammar encompasses [[morphology (linguistics)\|morphology]] (the formation and composition of [[~~word~~]]s), [[syntax]] (the rules that determine how words combine into [[phrase]]s and [[Sentence (linguistics)\|sentences]]) and [[phonology]] (the study of sound systems and abstract sound units). [[Phonetics]] is a related branch of linguistics concerned with the actual properties of speech sounds ([[Phone (phonetics)\|phones]]), non-speech sounds, and how they are produced and [[speech perception\|perceived]]. Other sub-disciplines of linguistics include the following: [[evolutionary linguistics]], which considers the origins of language; [[historical linguistics]], which explores language change; [[sociolinguistics]], which looks at the relation between linguistic variation and social structures; [[psycholinguistics]], which explores the representation and functioning of language in the mind; [[neurolinguistics]], which looks at the representation of language in the brain; [[language acquisition]], which considers how children acquire their first language and how children and adults acquire and learn their second and subsequent languages; and [[discourse analysis]], which is concerned with the structure of texts and conversations, and [[pragmatics]] with how meaning is transmitted based on a combination of linguistic competence, non-linguistic knowledge, and the context of the speech act.		'''Linguistics''' is the [[science\|scientific]]<sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup> study of [[language\|natural language]].<sup>[3]</sup><sup>[4]</sup> Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure ([[grammar]]) and the study of [[Meaning (linguistics)\|meaning]] ([[Semantics\|semantics]] and [[Pragmatics\|pragmatics]]). Grammar encompasses [[morphology (linguistics)\|morphology]] (the formation and composition of [[Words\|words]]), [[syntax]] (the rules that determine how words combine into [[phrase]]s and [[Sentence (linguistics)\|sentences]]) and [[phonology]] (the study of sound systems and abstract sound units). [[Phonetics]] is a related branch of linguistics concerned with the actual properties of speech sounds ([[Phone (phonetics)\|phones]]), non-speech sounds, and how they are produced and [[speech perception\|perceived]].

			Other sub-disciplines of linguistics include the following: [[evolutionary linguistics]], which considers the origins of language; [[historical linguistics]], which explores language change; [[sociolinguistics]], which looks at the relation between linguistic variation and social structures; [[psycholinguistics]], which explores the representation and functioning of language in the mind; [[neurolinguistics]], which looks at the representation of language in the brain; [[language acquisition]], which considers how children acquire their first language and how children and adults acquire and learn their second and subsequent languages; and [[discourse analysis]], which is concerned with the structure of texts and conversations, and [[pragmatics]] with how meaning is transmitted based on a combination of linguistic competence, non-linguistic knowledge, and the context of the speech act.

	Linguistics is narrowly defined as the scientific approach to the study of language, but language can, of course, be approached from a variety of directions, and a number of other intellectual disciplines are relevant to it and influence its study. [[Semiotics]], for example, is a related field concerned with the general study of signs and symbols both in language and outside of it. [[Literary theory\|Literary theorists]] study the use of language in artistic [[literature]]. Linguistics additionally draws on work from such diverse fields as [[psychology]], [[speech-language pathology]], [[informatics]], [[computer science]], [[philosophy]], [[biology]], [[human anatomy]], [[neuroscience]], [[sociology]], [[anthropology]], and [[acoustics]].		Linguistics is narrowly defined as the scientific approach to the study of language, but language can, of course, be approached from a variety of directions, and a number of other intellectual disciplines are relevant to it and influence its study. [[Semiotics]], for example, is a related field concerned with the general study of signs and symbols both in language and outside of it. [[Literary theory\|Literary theorists]] study the use of language in artistic [[literature]]. Linguistics additionally draws on work from such diverse fields as [[psychology]], [[speech-language pathology]], [[informatics]], [[computer science]], [[philosophy]], [[biology]], [[human anatomy]], [[neuroscience]], [[sociology]], [[anthropology]], and [[acoustics]].

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	'''Linguistics''' is the [[science\|scientific]]<~~ref~~>~~Cite book\|title=Linguistics: An Introduction to Linguistic Theory \|last=Fromkin \|first=Victoria \|authorlink=Victoria Fromkin \|coauthors=[~~[~~Bruce Hayes]~~]; Susan Curtiss, [[Anna Szabolcsi]], Tim Stowell, Donca Steriade \|location=Oxford \|publisher=Blackwell \|year=2000 \|isbn=0631197117 \|page=3</ref><ref>cite book\|title=Elements of General Linguistics \|last=Martinet \|first=André \|authorlink=André Martinet \|others=Tr. Elisabeth Palmer (Studies in General Linguistics, vol. i.) \|location=London \|publisher=Faber \|year=1960 \|page=15</~~ref~~> study of [[language\|natural language]].<~~ref~~>Cite book\|title=On Language and Linguistics \|first=Michael A. K. \|last=Halliday \|authorlink=Michael Halliday \|coauthors=Jonathan Webster \|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group \|year=2006 \|isbn=0826488242 \|page=vii</~~ref~~><~~ref~~>~~cite journal\|title=Linguistics and ethnology \|journal=Southwestern Journal of Anthropology \|volume=4 \|pages=140–47 \|year=1948 \|last=Greenberg \|first=Joseph \|authorlink=Joseph Greenberg~~</~~ref~~> Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure ([[grammar]]) and the study of [[Meaning (linguistics)\|meaning]] ([[semantics]]). Grammar encompasses [[morphology (linguistics)\|morphology]] (the formation and composition of [[word]]s), [[syntax]] (the rules that determine how words combine into [[phrase]]s and [[Sentence (linguistics)\|sentences]]) and [[phonology]] (the study of sound systems and abstract sound units). [[Phonetics]] is a related branch of linguistics concerned with the actual properties of speech sounds ([[Phone (phonetics)\|phones]]), non-speech sounds, and how they are produced and [[speech perception\|perceived]]. Other sub-disciplines of linguistics include the following: [[evolutionary linguistics]], which considers the origins of language; [[historical linguistics]], which explores language change; [[sociolinguistics]], which looks at the relation between linguistic variation and social structures; [[psycholinguistics]], which explores the representation and functioning of language in the mind; [[neurolinguistics]], which looks at the representation of language in the brain; [[language acquisition]], which considers how children acquire their first language and how children and adults acquire and learn their second and subsequent languages; and [[discourse analysis]], which is concerned with the structure of texts and conversations, and [[pragmatics]] with how meaning is transmitted based on a combination of linguistic competence, non-linguistic knowledge, and the context of the speech act.		'''Linguistics''' is the [[science\|scientific]]<sup>[]</sup> study of [[language\|natural language]].<sup>[]</sup><sup>[]</sup> Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure ([[grammar]]) and the study of [[Meaning (linguistics)\|meaning]] ([[semantics]]). Grammar encompasses [[morphology (linguistics)\|morphology]] (the formation and composition of [[word]]s), [[syntax]] (the rules that determine how words combine into [[phrase]]s and [[Sentence (linguistics)\|sentences]]) and [[phonology]] (the study of sound systems and abstract sound units). [[Phonetics]] is a related branch of linguistics concerned with the actual properties of speech sounds ([[Phone (phonetics)\|phones]]), non-speech sounds, and how they are produced and [[speech perception\|perceived]]. Other sub-disciplines of linguistics include the following: [[evolutionary linguistics]], which considers the origins of language; [[historical linguistics]], which explores language change; [[sociolinguistics]], which looks at the relation between linguistic variation and social structures; [[psycholinguistics]], which explores the representation and functioning of language in the mind; [[neurolinguistics]], which looks at the representation of language in the brain; [[language acquisition]], which considers how children acquire their first language and how children and adults acquire and learn their second and subsequent languages; and [[discourse analysis]], which is concerned with the structure of texts and conversations, and [[pragmatics]] with how meaning is transmitted based on a combination of linguistic competence, non-linguistic knowledge, and the context of the speech act.

	Linguistics is narrowly defined as the scientific approach to the study of language, but language can, of course, be approached from a variety of directions, and a number of other intellectual disciplines are relevant to it and influence its study. [[Semiotics]], for example, is a related field concerned with the general study of signs and symbols both in language and outside of it. [[Literary theory\|Literary theorists]] study the use of language in artistic [[literature]]. Linguistics additionally draws on work from such diverse fields as [[psychology]], [[speech-language pathology]], [[informatics]], [[computer science]], [[philosophy]], [[biology]], [[human anatomy]], [[neuroscience]], [[sociology]], [[anthropology]], and [[acoustics]].		Linguistics is narrowly defined as the scientific approach to the study of language, but language can, of course, be approached from a variety of directions, and a number of other intellectual disciplines are relevant to it and influence its study. [[Semiotics]], for example, is a related field concerned with the general study of signs and symbols both in language and outside of it. [[Literary theory\|Literary theorists]] study the use of language in artistic [[literature]]. Linguistics additionally draws on work from such diverse fields as [[psychology]], [[speech-language pathology]], [[informatics]], [[computer science]], [[philosophy]], [[biology]], [[human anatomy]], [[neuroscience]], [[sociology]], [[anthropology]], and [[acoustics]].
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	==Names for the discipline==		==Names for the discipline==
	Before the twentieth century, the term "[[philology]]", first attested in 1716,<~~ref name="etymonline philology"~~>[~~http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=philology Online Etymological Dictionary: philology~~]</~~ref~~> was commonly used to refer to the science of language, which was then predominantly historical in focus.<~~ref~~>~~Citation \|last=McMahon \|first=A. M. S. \|year=1994 \|title=Understanding Language Change \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|page=19 \|isbn=0-521-44665-1~~</~~ref~~> Since [[Ferdinand de Saussure]]'s insistence on the importance of [[synchronic analysis (linguistics)\|synchronic analysis]], however, this focus has shifted<~~ref~~>~~Citation \|last=McMahon \|first=A. M. S. \|year=1994 \|title=Understanding Language Change \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|page=9 \|isbn=0-521-44665-1~~</~~ref~~> and the term "philology" is now generally used for the "study of a language's grammar, history and literary tradition," especially in the United States,<~~ref~~>~~A. Morpurgo Davies Hist. Linguistics (1998) 4 I. 22.~~</~~ref~~> where it was never as popular as it was elsewhere (in the sense of the "science of language").<~~ref name="etymonline philology"~~/>		Before the twentieth century, the term "[[philology]]", first attested in 1716,<sup>[]</sup> was commonly used to refer to the science of language, which was then predominantly historical in focus.<sup>[]</sup> Since [[Ferdinand de Saussure]]'s insistence on the importance of [[synchronic analysis (linguistics)\|synchronic analysis]], however, this focus has shifted<sup>[]</sup> and the term "philology" is now generally used for the "study of a language's grammar, history and literary tradition," especially in the United States,<sup>[]</sup> where it was never as popular as it was elsewhere (in the sense of the "science of language").<sup>[]</sup>

	Although the term "linguist" in the sense of "a student of language" dates from 1641,<~~ref name="etymonline linguist"~~/> the term "linguistics" is first attested in 1847.<~~ref name="etymonline linguist"~~>[~~http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=linguist Online Etymological Dictionary: linguist~~]</~~ref~~> It is now the usual academic term in English for the scientific study of language.		Although the term "linguist" in the sense of "a student of language" dates from 1641,<sup>[]</sup> the term "linguistics" is first attested in 1847.<sup>[]</sup> It is now the usual academic term in English for the scientific study of language.

	==Fundamental concerns and divisions==		==Fundamental concerns and divisions==

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	==See also==		==See also==
	~~main\|Outline of linguistics~~

	* [[List of cognitive science topics\|Cognitive science]]		* [[List of cognitive science topics\|Cognitive science]]
	* [[Speech-Language Pathology]]		* [[Speech-Language Pathology]]