Introduction to Linguistics

“With languages, you are at home anywhere.”
-Edmund de Waal

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Hello, my name is Bernardo Oberto. I am 21 years old. This blog was created in order to share the knowledge and skills acquired in the course introduction to linguistics (Eng. 300). The purpose of the blog is to expose all the knowledge received from professor Yuliana Vasquez about linguistics regarding to help other students.

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Basic Concepts

Basic Concepts

Linguistics is the scientific study of language. Human language, understood as a systematic use of speech sounds, signs, and written symbols for communication among people, is a very complicated system, which can be analysed on different levels and from various points of view.

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Sub-fields of linguistics

Phonetics

Phonetics

Phonetics is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds.

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Phonology

Phonology

Phonology is the branch of linguistics that studies the patterning of speech sounds in languages.

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Morphology

Morphology

Morphology is the branch of linguistics which studies the structure of words and types of their formation.

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Syntax

Syntax

Syntax is the branch of linguistics that studies sentence structure.

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Semantics

Semantics

Semantics is the branch of linguistics that studies meaning in language.

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Sociolinguistics

Sociolinguistics

Sociolinguistics is a study of language in social contexts.

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Evidence

Conclusion

 A potent way to learn a new language is to go deep inside all the components a foreign language has. Some of the features you should know about a foreign language are grammar structure, pronunciation, vocabulary, among others. A bunch of new knowledge about English was received through these sessions and now, I hope this information posted in my blog helps you!. 

Bernardo Oberto: English Student
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