Language & Linguistics

Language & Linguistics

Language

  • is the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way
  • is a system that consists of the development, acquisition, maintenance and use of complex systems of communication, particularly the human ability to do so; and a language is any specific example of such a system. The scientific study of language is called linguistics

Linguistics

  • is the scientific study of language and its structure, including the study of phonetics, morphology, syntax, and semantics