LinguisticS
LinguisticS is the study of LanguagE with a capital "L." LinguisticS views LanguagE as a means of communication and studies how particular languages accomplish this.
DescriptiveLinguistics is divided into a number of fields.
- PhonologY and PhonemeS
- MorphologY and MorphemeS
- SyntaX
LinguisticS is also studied with other disciplines, thus:
- HistoricalLinguistics
- ComparativeLinguistics
- SocioLinguistics
- PsychoLinguistics
- ChildsAquisitionOfLanguage
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We are going to have a problem here. On the LanguagE page, languages are being categorized by thier origin. This entry, SouthEastAsianLanguages, is a classification by geographical area. Both are possible and should be on separate pages. I am not at all sure this entry belongs directly on the LinguistcS page. Perhaps a LanguagesByGeography page should be added to the LanguagE page?