Broadly conceived, linguistics is the study of human language, and a linguist is someone who engages in this study. ...Linguistics
Theoretical linguistics studies diverse questions: how certain languages managed to communicate, what properties all languages have in common, what knowledge a person must have to be able to use a language, and language acquisition. ...Theoretical linguistics
Phonetics (from the Greek word phone = sound/voice) is the study of speech sounds (voice). ...Phonetics
Phonology (Greek phone = voice/sound and logos = word/speech) is a subfield of grammar (see also linguistics). ...Phonology
Morphology is a subdiscipline of linguistics that studies word structure. ...Morphology
In linguistics, syntax is the study of the rules, or patterned relations, that govern the way the words in a sentence come together. ...Syntax
In general, semantics (from the Greek semantikos, or significant meaning, derived from sema, sign) is the study of meaning, in some sense of that term. ...Semantics
Lexical semantics is a field in computer science and linguistics which deals mainly with word meaning. ...Lexical semantics
Stylistics is the study of style used in literary, and verbal language and the effect the writer/speaker wishes to communicate to the reader/hearer. ...Stylistics
In linguistics, prescription is the laying down or prescribing of normative rules of the language. ...Prescription
Pragmatics is generally the study of natural language understanding, and specifically the study of how context influences the interpretation of meanings. ...Pragmatics
Applied linguistics is concerned with using linguistic theory to address real_world problems. ...Applied linguistics
Sociolinguistics is the study of the effect of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on the way language is used. ...Sociolinguistics
Generative linguistics is a school of thought within linguistics that makes use of the concept of a generative grammar. ...Generative linguistics
Cognitive linguistics is a school of linguistics and cognitive science, which aims to provide accounts of language that mesh well with current understandings of the human mind. ...Cognitive linguistics
Computational linguistics is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the logical modeling of natural language from a computational perspective. ...Computational linguistics
Descriptive linguistics is the work of analyzing and describing how language is actually spoken now (or how it was actually spoken in the past), by any group of people. ...Descriptive linguistics
Historical linguistics (also diachronic linguistics or comparative linguistics) is primarily the study of the ways in which languages change over time, by means of examining languages which are recognizably related through similarities such as vocabulary, word formation, and syntax, as well as the surviving records of ancient languages. ...Historical linguistics
Etymology is the study of the origins of words. ...Etymology
The following is a list of linguists, those who study linguistics. ...List of linguists
In Broadly conceived, linguistics is the study of human language, and a linguist is someone who engages in this study. ...linguistics, prosody refers to Intonation is the variation of tone used when speaking. ...intonation and In linguistics, stress is the emphasis given to some syllables (often no more than one in each word, but in many languages, long words have a secondary stress a few syllables away from the primary stress, as in the words cóunterfòil or còunterintélligence. ...vocal stress in Speech: (n. ...speech. The prosodic features of a This article discusses the unit of speech. ...syllable are called suprasegmental features because they affect all the segments of a syllable. These suprasegmental features are manifested as syllable length, Tone refers to the use of pitch in language to distinguish words. ...tone and In linguistics, stress is the emphasis given to some syllables (often no more than one in each word, but in many languages, long words have a secondary stress a few syllables away from the primary stress, as in the words cóunterfòil or còunterintélligence. ...stress.
The suprasegmental symbols are called that because they apply to more than one segment (vowel or consonant).
In English, the relevant suprasegmentals are the markings for primary and secondary stress.
Because people usually say a word in isolation when transcribing it, they tend to mark primary and secondary stress, but this is not necessary for English.
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