Components of Linguistics

1. Phonetics
Lt. Dr. B. Ajantha Parthasarathi
Assistant Professor of English
Sri SRNM College, Sattur.

2. Linguistics
• A scientific study of language/
of particular languages
• The study of the way in which
language works
• A systematic study of the way
in which a language works

3. Language
• A system of sounds, words,
patterns, etc used by humans to
communicate thoughts and feelings
• A system of communication which
consists of a set of sounds and
written symbols which are used by
the people of a particular country or
region for talking or writing in…

4. Communication
• Take place between human beings
and animals and between animals
themselves, but animals don’t use
the language that human beings use
for communication
• Human language – speech sounds &
alphabetic symbols
Medium
• Speech – aural medium
• Writing – visual medium

5. Components of Linguistics
• Phonetics – Articulation, transmission & reception of speech
sounds
• Phonology – How sounds function in a language
• Morphology – word-systems – Words & their structure
• Syntax – Sentence-structure of languages
• Semantics – Meaning

6. Phonetics
• The articulation or production of speech
sounds
• The way in which speech sounds are
transmitted from the speaker to the
hearer
• The way in which the hearer receives
the sounds
• The classification of speech sounds into
vowels and consonants

7. Phonology
•The way in which sounds
function in a language
•The selection and
organization of sounds
•Sound units - Phonemes

8. Morphology
•Words and the way in which
words can be divided into
smaller units
•The way in which the words
of a language are structured

9. Syntax
•The way in which words are
arranged to form sentences
in a language
•Grammatical structure of
sentences

10. Semantics
•A language for
communication must be
meaningful