Linguistics: An Introduction
Linguistics: The study of language A special note about this blog. This blog assumes you are able to read Japanese at at least a college level. Rarely, if ever, will a transcription (Romaji) be provided. If you are having trouble reading the characters please feel free to download a wonderful Firefox extension called Rikai-chan . For Chrome please search for Rikai-kun What are Linguistics? Or should I say, what is Linguistics? Simply put it is the study of language . Within the incredibly broad category of linguistics there are many subfields of study. Including, but not limited to: (All definitions listed below unless otherwise stated are derived from Linguistics An Introduction to Language and Communication Fourth Edition / Akmajin, Adrian 1995) Pragmatics: The study of language use and its relation to language structure and context of utterance. In other words: How language is used . Phonology: The subfield of linguistics that studies the structure ...