Linguistics is the scientific study
of language and its structure. Research in Linguistics includes:
1- SYNTAX AND GRAMMAR
Study of sentence structure,
grammatical rules and syntactic theories.
2- SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS
Analysis of meaning in language and
how context influences interpretation.
3- SOCIOLINGUISTICS
Investigation of how social factors
such as class, gender, ethnicity and region influence language variation and
use.
4- LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
Research on how individuals acquire
first and second language, including developmental milestones and factors
affecting learning.
5- HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS
Examination of language change over
time including language evaluation, language families and linguistic
reconstruction.
6- PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
Study of the psychological processes
involved in language acquisition, production and comprehension.
7- CORPUS LINGUISTICS
Analysis of language using large
electronic collections of written and spoken texts (Corpora) for linguistic
research.
8- DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
Study of how language is used in different
contexts to convey meaning, including conversation analysis and critical discourse
analysis.
9- PRAGMATICS IN COMMUNICATION
Exploration of how context, intentions
and implicatures affect communication beyond literal meaning.
10- LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY
Research on how language shapes and
reflects personal and group identities, including language ideologies and
linguistics landscapes.
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