LINGUISTICS
Is the scientific study of language. How it is put together and how it works.

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Phonetics:1.- /t/ is a voiceless dental phoneme2.- /m/ is a voiced labial phonemePhonology1.- The use pf the phonemes /k/ and /p/ in Cut and Put2.- The use of phonemes /B/ and /b/ in Boys and VoiceMorphology1.- Unbreakable: UN= no Break=root Able=That can brakesUnbreakable= Something that doesn't have the ability to brake.2.- Pointless: Point= root Less=Suffix for absencePointless= Something that does not have a point.Syntax1.- In English we can say: Marie is playing the drums. (S+V+C)2.- In Spanish we can say: Maria toca el tambor; Maria el tambor toca; El tambor lo toca Maria; El tambor es tocado por Maria. etc.Discourse analysis.Semantics1.- He called me yesterday to ask me out.2.- She called at my door yesterday.Pragmatics1.- _Are you dating?-It's not a sin. (So, are they?)2.- Did you make your homework?-We were supposed to send it yesterday.Historical Linguistics1.- The Spanish speakers in latin america have stopped using Vosotros.2.- Ecuadorians stopped referring to each other by "su merced" as they used to do years ago.Sociolinguistics.1.- Slang such as "Dude", "slay", "On fleek" is used by young americans.2.- Slang such as "Shady", "The Tea", "Sickening" are mostly used by the LGBTQ comunity.

PHONOLOGY

Uses phonetics in order to see how sounds or signs are arranged in a system for each language.

SYNTAX

Is the study of how phrases, clauses and sentences are constructed and combined in particular languages.

SEMANTICS

Is the study of meanings.

HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS

Is the study of how languages have changed over time.

PHONETICS

Study of the sounds of speech and how they are made and produced in the body.

MORPHOLOGY

Looks at how individual words are formed from smaller chunks of meaningful units called morphemes.

DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

looks at bigger chunks of language - texts, conversations, stories, speeches, etc. Different types of these use language differently, and there can even be differences in how a language is used based on the genre.

PRAGMATICS

It involves the study of how speakers of a language use the language to communicate and accomplish what they want.

SOCIOLINGUISTICS

It is the study of society and language and how it affects each other