Lingueistics

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Lingueistics is the study o leids an langage.

It is a gey braid subject, encompassin:

  • phonetics — the study o the soonds o human langage
    • phonology — the study o whit soonds is in individual leids, hou thir soonds is pitten thegither tae form allouable words in thae leids
  • morphology — the study o hou the "biggin-blocks" o words (prefixes, suffixes, verb endins...) is pitten thegither tae mak words or compoond-words
  • seentax — the study o hou words is pitten thegither tae mak sentences
  • sociolingueistics — the study o the function an effect o langage athin wider society, an the effect o societal factors on langage an aa
  • psycholingueistics — the study o hou leids is perceived athin the harn
  • historical lingueistics — the study o the evolution o leids, an the ettle tae reconstruct leids o the bygane

An the'r ither, smaaer fields o study athin the subject forbye.

Lingueistics is maist aften teached as a tertiary level subject, that is at the varsitie, tho some o't micht be teached in langage clesses at the hie schuil.