Linguistics The scientific Study of Human Language

1. Lexicon

1.1. The words that everybody knows

2. morphology

2.1. structure of words roots suffixes prefixes

3. syntax

3.1. to put words together to form phrases and sentences

4. semantics

4.1. what language signify depending on the sound or gestures

5. phonetics and phonology

5.1. knowledge of the sounds sound patterns

6. human language structure use history its place in society

7. knowledge: competence

7.1. linguistic knowledge in speaker's mind is called a grammar

7.2. how is acquired?

7.2.1. is innate, biologically determined Bertrand Russell

7.2.2. creativity of use: hability to produce and understand language not to wirte poetry or novels

8. grammar of the language

8.1. mental grammar

8.1.1. when someone is able to understand others and intechange knowledge

8.2. descriptive grammars

8.2.1. idealized forms of the mental grammars

8.3. prescriptive grammars

8.3.1. dialects prefered for social or political economical reasons