This document provides an overview of key concepts in linguistics including graphology, grammar, pragmatics, semantics, archaisms, obsolete words, lexis, derivation of words, coinage of new words, eponyms, suffixes, prefixes, telescoping of words, blending of words, borrowing words from other languages, neuter words, inflection, etymology, broadening and narrowing of words, and prescriptivism and descriptivisism. It examines how words look, language rules, social contexts of language use, word meanings, outdated words, vocabulary forms, word changes over time, and approaches to describing language.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in linguistics including graphology, grammar, pragmatics, semantics, archaisms, obsolete words, lexis, derivation of words, coinage of new words, eponyms, suffixes, prefixes, telescoping of words, blending of words, borrowing words from other languages, neuter words, inflection, etymology, broadening and narrowing of words, and prescriptivism and descriptivisism. It examines how words look, language rules, social contexts of language use, word meanings, outdated words, vocabulary forms, word changes over time, and approaches to describing language.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in linguistics including graphology, grammar, pragmatics, semantics, archaisms, obsolete words, lexis, derivation of words, coinage of new words, eponyms, suffixes, prefixes, telescoping of words, blending of words, borrowing words from other languages, neuter words, inflection, etymology, broadening and narrowing of words, and prescriptivism and descriptivisism. It examines how words look, language rules, social contexts of language use, word meanings, outdated words, vocabulary forms, word changes over time, and approaches to describing language.