Contemporary Linguistics
Introduction of Linguistics - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 Definition of Language - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 Animal communication system - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 Research on chimps- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 Research on Honeybees - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -10 Human language is unique- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -13 Conclusion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -18 Historical linguistics - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 History of English Language - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 Causes of language changes- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - 20 Language changes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22 Conclusion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 Bibliography - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 26
What is Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of language. It endeavors to answer the question--what is language and how is represented in the mind? Linguists focus on describing and explaining language and are not concerned with the prescriptive rules of the language.
Linguistics is a social science that shares common ground with other social sciences such as psychology, anthropology, sociology and archaeology. It also may influence other disciplines such as English, communication studies and computer science. Linguistics for the most part though can be considered a cognitive science. Along with psychology, philosophy and computer science (AI), linguistics is ultimately concerned with how the human brain functions.
The fields of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and language acquisition are considered the core fields of study and a firm knowledge of each is necessary in order...
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