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Linguistics — is the scientific study of language, encompassing a number of sub fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure (grammar) and the study of meaning (semantics). Grammar encompasses morphology (the formation and… … Wikipedia
Area (disambiguation) — Area may refer to:*area, units of measurement *area (subnational entity) *area (architecture), an excavated area around the walls of a building, designed to admit light into its basement *areal feature in linguisticsArea may also refer to one of… … Wikipedia
linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… … Universalium
Área lingüística mesoamericana — Ubicación de Mesoamérica en el continente. El área lingüística mesoamericana es un área lingüística que abarca a varias de las lenguas indígenas que fueron y son habladas en el área cultural denominada Mesoamérica. El dominio lingüístico… … Wikipedia Español
areal linguistics — noun also area linguistics : a school of historical and comparative linguistics that denies the existence of phonetic laws without exceptions, questions the value of attempts to trace individual languages back to a common ancestral language, and… … Useful english dictionary
History of linguistics — Linguistics as a study endeavors to describe and explain the human faculty of language.Historically, linguistic study was motivated by the correct description of a liturgical language, notably that of Sanskrit grammar by IAST|Pāṇini (fl. 4th… … Wikipedia
Course in General Linguistics — (Cours de linguistique générale) is an influential book compiled by Charles Bally and Albert Sechehaye that is based on notes taken from Ferdinand de Saussure s lectures at the University of Geneva between the years 1906 and 1911. It was… … Wikipedia
Subject Centre for Languages Linguistics and Area Studies — The Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS) is one of 24 subject centres of the Higher Education Academy in the United Kingdom, formed in 2000 as part of the Learning and Teaching Support Network, LLAS is hosted by the… … Wikipedia
Forensic linguistics — is a field of applied linguistics involving the relationship between language, the law, and crime.The range of topics within forensic linguistics is diverse but research occurs in the following areas. The language of the legal texts This area… … Wikipedia
Southern Maya area — ; accordingly, in consideration of the multilingual character of the SMA, in many ways Southern Maya Area is a misnomer. [Love and Kaplan (in press) point out that scholarship has been deficient in studying the SMA as a cultural area unto itself … Wikipedia
