Definition: The science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
= science of LANGUAGE & SPEECH; do not confuse with LANGUAGE (what is spoken), SEMANTICS (hist or psychol study of language & meaning changes), NOMENCLATURE (names of things & etymology, the origin or words), PHONETICS (how words are sounded), LITERATURE
ExamplesTerminology as Topic; Phonetics; Psycholinguistics; Semantics; Vocabulary