Theoretical linguistics | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-27

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00:00:59 1 Terminology
00:01:52 2 Major fields
00:02:01 2.1 Phonetics
00:03:07 2.1.1 Articulatory phonetics
00:03:41 2.1.2 Auditory phonetics
00:04:10 2.1.3 Acoustic phonetics
00:04:48 2.2 Phonology
00:05:28 2.3 Morphology
00:06:44 2.4 Syntax
00:08:08 2.5 Semantics
00:08:44 3 See also



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Theoretical linguistics, or general linguistics, is the branch of linguistics which inquires into the nature of language itself and seeks to answer fundamental questions as to what language is; how it works; how universal grammar (UG) as a domain-specific mental organ operates, if it exists at all; what are its unique properties; how does language relate to other cognitive processes, etc. Theoretical linguists are most concerned with constructing models of linguistic knowledge, and ultimately developing a linguistic theory.
The fields that are generally considered the core of theoretical linguistics are phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Although phonetics often guides phonology, it is often excluded from the purview of theoretical linguistics, along with semantics. Theoretical linguistics also involves the search for an explanation of linguistic universals, that is, properties that all, or many languages have in common.