Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication

The scientific study of language which involves the analysis of the form and meaning of language is known as linguistics. It also includes the analysis of political, social, historical and cultural factors which affect language. Linguistics is concerned with the relationship between the sound and meaning. It is classified into various sub-disciplines such as semantics, pragmatics, morphology and phonology. The study of meaning in its spoken or written form falls under semantics. Pragmatics ...