Branches of Linguistics

 Prof. Abdelhamid Fouda 

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💠°°Introduction to Linguistics▫

 💠°°Branches of Linguistics▫

Linguistics is the scientific study of language. Language is concerned with human life, behaviour, society, and so forth. Hence, we have had a number of sub-fields of linguistics called branches of linguistics. Let us have fundamental ideas of the major branches of linguistics as stated below.

 🚩#Microlinguistics:

Microlinguistics is a sector of linguistics that interests itself with the study of language systems in the abstract, without concern to the meaning or notional quantity of linguistic expressions. Microlinguistics covers the basic elements of a language. This is also referred to as theoretical linguistics. Theoretical linguistics coats the study of the structural aspects of language under the broad level of grammar. Grammar is divided into few patterns. Another name, levels of linguistics.

•Phonetics---Sounds

•Phonology---Phonemes

•Morphology---Word formation 

•Syntax----------Sentence structure

•Semantics----Textual meaning.

•Pragmatics---Contextual meaning

🚩#Macrolinguistics:

Macrolinguistics concerned with the way languages are cultivated, stocked in the brain, and used for various functions; interdependence of language and culture; physiological and psychological mechanisms affected in language behaviour. Actually, macro linguistics is not only a field concerned with language but also disciplines such as psychology, sociology, neurology, computational, and applied are also diverted with language. Below branches of macro linguistics.

•Psycholinguistics--mind.

•Sociolinguistics----society

•Anthropological---Human history

•Computantial------Computer

•Applied linguistics -----Education

•Neurolinguistics--------Brain

•Cognitive---------Cognition

•Discourse--How a sentence is spoken and written.

•Stylistics etc