LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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the study of literature
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the study of history
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the scientific study of language
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none of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Linguistics is often called “the science of language, ” the study of the human capacity to communicate and organize thought using different tools (the vocal tract for spoken languages, hands for sign languages, etc.)
Detailed explanation-2: -For a linguist a language is a human form of communication, which includes the phonetics, the phonology, the morphology, the syntax, the semantics, and the discourse context, as presented by a given speech community. It is a living form of communication, which changes across speech communities and over time.
Detailed explanation-3: -Linguistics helps us understand our world It captures unique conceptualizations of the world and has its own ways of constructing words, phrases and sentences for communicating ideas. As we compare the words and structures of various languages, we come to a greater understanding of the world we live in.