Linguistics: An introduction
Hello everyone, this is my first publication, it is a small introduction to a field that I am interested in and looking forward to what can I bring and learn, Enjoy reading. When you hear the word linguistics, this idea that comes right to you is: What is linguistics? What is it about? Let’s start by explaining how philosophers thought, linguistics now is the scientific study of language, it started as a philosophy ( Linguistics was at that time known by Philology) which is the study of the written and oral language and its history. According to linguistics, Language is divided into 6 levels which are: 1-Phonetics: studies the cognitive aspects of speech sounds 2-Phonology: studies the physical aspects of speech sounds 3-Morphology: studies the formation of words 4-Syntax: Studies of the formation of the sentences 5-Pragmatics: Studies of the meaning of the sentence 6-Semantics: Studies of meaning within the context Now and through days, linguistics had a lot of i...