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| + | Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The field of linguistics is divided into 5 "core" fields: [[Syntax (definition)|syntax]], [[Semantics (definition)|semantics]], [[Morphology (definition)|morphology]], and [[Phonology (definition)|phonology]] and [[Phonetics (definition)|phonetics]] and several "interface" fields such as sociolinguistics, pragmatics. psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, language acquisition, graphemics and others. | ||
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| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful! | ||
| + | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics | ||
| + | *http://grammar.about.com/od/il/g/linguisticsterm.htm | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | *Crystal, D. (2008) ''Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics''. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell. | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:52, 13 June 2012
Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The field of linguistics is divided into 5 "core" fields: syntax, semantics, morphology, and phonology and phonetics and several "interface" fields such as sociolinguistics, pragmatics. psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, language acquisition, graphemics and others.
External Links
The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!
References
- Crystal, D. (2008) Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
