Subfields of linguistics: Difference between revisions
From Sustainable linguistics
Jump to navigationJump to search
(This page can be used to create a list of subfields of linguistics, both established and emerging.) |
(added subfields) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
The discipline of linguistics consists of diverse subfields. The subfields have different definitions of language or study specific aspects of it. Since there is no unified order or arrangement in groups they are listed alphabetically in the following: | |||
* Anthropological linguistics | |||
* Applied linguistics | |||
* Biolinguistics | |||
* Clinical linguistics | |||
* Cognitive linguistics | |||
* Comparative linguistics | |||
* Comparative method | |||
* Computational linguistics | |||
* Contrastive linguistics | |||
* Corpus linguistics | |||
* Developmental linguistics | |||
* Dialectology | |||
* Discourse analysis | |||
* Etymology | |||
* Evolutionary linguistics | |||
* Forensic linguistics | |||
* Functional theories of grammar | |||
* Generative linguistics | |||
* Grammar | |||
* Historical linguistics | |||
* Interlinguistics | |||
* Internet linguistics | |||
* Language acquisition | |||
* Language assessment | |||
* Language development | |||
* Language didactics | |||
* Language documentation | |||
* Language education | |||
* Language for specific purposes | |||
* Language geography | |||
* Language learning | |||
* Language revitalization | |||
* Language teaching | |||
* Lexicology | |||
* Linguistic anthropology | |||
* Linguistic statistics | |||
* Linguistic typology | |||
* Morphology | |||
* Neurolinguistics | |||
* Orthography | |||
* Phonetics | |||
* Phonology | |||
* Pragmatics | |||
* Psycholinguistics | |||
* Quantitative linguistics | |||
* Rhetoric | |||
* Second-language acquisition | |||
* Semantics | |||
* Sociolinguistics | |||
* Stylistics | |||
* Syntax | |||
* Text linguistics | |||
Revision as of 20:28, 9 January 2023
The discipline of linguistics consists of diverse subfields. The subfields have different definitions of language or study specific aspects of it. Since there is no unified order or arrangement in groups they are listed alphabetically in the following:
- Anthropological linguistics
- Applied linguistics
- Biolinguistics
- Clinical linguistics
- Cognitive linguistics
- Comparative linguistics
- Comparative method
- Computational linguistics
- Contrastive linguistics
- Corpus linguistics
- Developmental linguistics
- Dialectology
- Discourse analysis
- Etymology
- Evolutionary linguistics
- Forensic linguistics
- Functional theories of grammar
- Generative linguistics
- Grammar
- Historical linguistics
- Interlinguistics
- Internet linguistics
- Language acquisition
- Language assessment
- Language development
- Language didactics
- Language documentation
- Language education
- Language for specific purposes
- Language geography
- Language learning
- Language revitalization
- Language teaching
- Lexicology
- Linguistic anthropology
- Linguistic statistics
- Linguistic typology
- Morphology
- Neurolinguistics
- Orthography
- Phonetics
- Phonology
- Pragmatics
- Psycholinguistics
- Quantitative linguistics
- Rhetoric
- Second-language acquisition
- Semantics
- Sociolinguistics
- Stylistics
- Syntax
- Text linguistics
