Chapter 1.2
it is the language learned from birth until critical period
l1 or first language
it is a language that takes effort and a conscious will by familiarizing with form vocabulary, pronunciations , functions and rules of the language
L2 or second language
it is considered the other languages in other country
foreign language
looks at linguistics with a narrower view
the focus is more on the structures of the language system in itself and for itself
Micro linguistics
looks at linguistics with a broader view
the focus is on the way languages are acquired, stored in the brain and used for various functions, Interdependence of language and culture; physiological and psychological mechanism involved in languaga behavior
Macro Linguistics
studies the relations between language and society, how Hocial factors influence the structure and use of language
sociolinguistics
is the study of language and mind the mental structures and processes, which are involved in the acquisition, comprehension and production of language
psycholinguistics
the study of language processing and language representation in the brain. It typically studies the disturbances of language comprehension aud production, caused by the damage of certain areas of the brain
neurolinguistics
study of how stretches of the language used in communication ussume meaning, purpose, and unity for their readers
discourse analysis
is the application of linguistic theories and computational techniques to problems of natural language process
computational linguistics
it it is a study that looks on how linguistics can help understand real life problems in areas such as psychology, sociology and education
applied linguistics
it is a way of studying pronunciation articulation and enunciation
phonetics
it is the organization of sounds
phonology
talks about the word formation which has a prefixes and suffixes
morphology
talks about the relationship of fred arrangement in sentences
syntax
it is a conceptual meaning when it focuses only on word meaning
semantics
it focuses on the contextual meaning
pragmatics