Linguistic
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Linguistic (Pronunciation: /lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/; Etymology: From Latin "lingua" meaning "tongue" or "language")
Linguistic is an adjective that pertains to language or linguistics. It is used to describe anything related to language, including its structure, sound, and meaning.
Definition
Linguistic refers to the scientific study of language and its structure. It involves analysing language form, language meaning, and language in context. Linguists traditionally analyse human language by observing an interplay between sound and meaning.
Related Terms
- Phonetics: The study of the physical sounds of human speech. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (also known as phonemes), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception.
- Semiotics: The study of signs and symbols, both individually and grouped into sign systems. It includes the study of how meaning is constructed and understood.
- Syntax: The study of the principles and rules for constructing sentences in natural languages. In addition to its traditional and ongoing descriptive focus, it has also had a remarkable theoretical evolution.
- Morphology (linguistics): The study of words, how they are formed, and their relationship to other words in the same language. It analyses the structure of words and parts of words, such as stems, root words, prefixes, and suffixes.
- Pragmatics: The study of how context influences the interpretation of meaning. Pragmatics considers the ways in which social situations, speaker intentions, and shared knowledge impact how language is understood.
- Sociolinguistics: The descriptive study of the effect of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on the way language is used.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Linguistic
- Wikipedia's article - Linguistic
This WikiMD dictionary article is a stub. You can help make it a full article.
Languages: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
Urdu,
বাংলা,
తెలుగు,
தமிழ்,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
русский,
português do Brasil,
Italian,
polski