Perspectives & Approaches

Question 1

Phonetics

Answer 1

Speech as a physical process (pronunciation)

Question 2

Phonology

Answer 2

Systems of linguistic sound structure (pronunciation)

Question 3

Morphology

Answer 3

The structure of words (words & sentence structure)

Question 4

Syntax

Answer 4

The structure of phrases and sentences (words & sentence structure)

Question 5

Semantics

Answer 5

The meaning of words and phrases

Question 6

Pragmatics

Answer 6

How speakers and writers use language to communicate (conversational styles)

Question 7

Lexicon

Answer 7

the inventory of morphemes and words and fixed phrases

Question 8

Theoretical linguistics

Answer 8

Basic principles; distinguished by focusing not on any external topics, but rather on the nature of the linguistic system in and of itself

Question 9

Historical linguistics

Answer 9

Language change and the reconstruction of linguistic history

Question 10

Psycholinguistics

Answer 10

Psychology of language; language learning and language processing

Question 11

Computational linguistics

Answer 11

Algorithms for computer analysis of text and speech

Question 12

Sociolinguistics

Answer 12

Language in society

Question 13

Dialectology

Answer 13

Geographical and social variation in language

Question 14

Morphosyntax

Answer 14

sentence structure

Question 15

Morphophonology

Answer 15

word-related effects on sound structure

Question 16

First set of categories (phonetics-pragmatics)

Answer 16

Each category focuses on a different level of description and analysis

Question 17

Second set of categories (Theoretical-Dialectology)

Answer 17

Tells us about problems we use linguistic analysis to engage

Question 18

Language

Answer 18

Pattern of human speech, and the (implicit) systems that speaking and listening rely on