Ururimi (kana "ufundo we mitauro" uye "fundamutauro") ishoko rinoreva kuChingezi kuti 'linguistics'. Ururimi chidzidzo chesainzi chemutauro. Inosanganisira kuongororwa kwese kwese kwemutauro, pamwe chete nenzira dzekudzidza nekudzitevedzera. Nzvimbo dzechinyakare dzekuongorora mitauro dzinosanganisira fonitiki (unzwi), ruambainzwi, ruambawumbwa (moforojia), sindiki (syntax), simandiki (semantics), uye pwagimatiki (pragmatics). Imwe neimwe yenzvimbo idzi inoenderana nezviitiko zvinowanikwa mumitauro yevanhu: manzwi (uye jesta (gesture), kana iri mitauro yemasaini), mashoma mayuniti (fenomu, mazwi, mamorufeme (morphemes)), mitsara nemitsara, uye zvinoreva uye kushandiswa. unzwi/fonitiki ndezve ruzha runoitwa nevanhu ruambainzwi (kana fonorojia) ndezve sistimu reruzha rwemutauro mumwe ne mumwe pachawo ruambawumbwa (kana moforojia) ndezve sistimu re izwi sindiki (syntax) ndezve maumbirwo emutsara simandiki (semantics) ndezve kureva (kwe chinhu) unenanzanga ndezve hukama huri pakati pemutauro ne nzanga. Halliday, Michael A.K.; Jonathan Webster (2006). On Language and Linguistics. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. vii. ISBN 978-0-8264-8824-4. Adrian Akmajian, Richard A. Demers, Ann K. Farmer, Robert M. Harnish (2010).