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Science [r]: The organized body of knowledge based on non–trivial refutable concepts that can be verified or rejected on the base of observation and experimentation ^[e]
Social Sciences [r]: Add brief definition or description
Language [r]: A type of communication system, commonly used in linguistics, computer science and other fields to refer to different systems, including 'natural language' in humans, programming languages run on computers, and so on. ^[e]

Phonology [r]: In linguistics, the study of the system used to represent language, including sounds in spoken language and hand movements in sign language. ^[e]
Syntax [r]: The study of the rules, or 'patterned relations', that govern the way words combine to form phrases and phrases to form sentences. ^[e]
Morphology [r]: The study of word structure; the study of such patterns of word-formation across and within languages, and attempts to explicate formal rules reflective of the knowledge of the speakers of those languages. ^[e]
Semantics [r]: The subfield of the study of language which focuses on meaning. ^[e]
Pragmatics [r]: Branch of linguistics concerned with language in use or the study of meaning as it arises from language occurring in context. ^[e]
Phonetics [r]: Study of speech sounds and their perception, production, combination, and description. ^[e]

Language acquisition [r]: The study of how language comes to users of first and second languages. ^[e]
Cognitive linguistics [r]: School of linguistics that understands language creation, learning, and usage as best explained by reference to human cognition in general. ^[e]
Grammar [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Grammar (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
Sociolinguistics [r]: Branch of linguistics concerned with language in social contexts - how people use language, how it varies, how it contributes to users' sense of identity, etc. ^[e]
Creolistics [r]: The study of creole and pidgin languages. ^[e]
Evolutionary linguistics [r]: Branch of linguistics that concerns itself with how the human faculty of language evolved; multidisciplinary field involving neurolinguistics, cognitive science, anthropology and others. ^[e]
Psycholinguistics [r]: Study of the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, comprehend and produce language. ^[e]

Neurolinguistics [r]: Add brief definition or description
Generative linguistics [r]: School of thought within linguistics that makes use of the concept of a generative grammar. ^[e]
Natural language [r]: A communication system based on sequences of acoustic, visual or tactile symbols that serve as units of meaning. ^[e]
Psycholinguistics [r]: Study of the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, comprehend and produce language. ^[e]
Anthropological linguistics [r]: The study of language through human genetics and human development. ^[e]
Computational linguistics [r]: Branch of linguistics and computer science that seeks to understand the nature of language through computer modelling, as well as develop natural language processing to improve human-computer interaction. ^[e]
Writing systems [r]: Add brief definition or description

Applied linguistics [r]: The application of linguistic theories to practical issues and problems, such as language learning. ^[e]
Clinical linguistics [r]: Add brief definition or description

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