LINGUISTICS
CONCEPT OF LINGUISTICS: the scientific study of language. The word was first used in the middle of the 19th century to emphasize the difference between a newer approach to the study of language that was then developing and the more traditional approach of philology. The differences were and are largely matters of attitude, emphasis, and purpose. The philologist is concerned primarily with the historical development of languages as it is manifest in written texts and in the context of the associated literature and culture. The linguist, though he may be interested in written texts and in the development of languages through time, tends to give priority to spoken languages and to the problems of analyzing them as they operate at a given point in time.
BRANCHES
1.- LINGUISTICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
2.- SYNCHRONIC LINGUISTICS
3.- DIACHRONIC LINGUISTICS
4.- DIALECTOLOGY AND LINGUISTIC GEOGRAPHY
5.- SEMANTICS
6.- THE STUDY OF WRITING
IMPORTANT LINKS
OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY
REAL ACADEMIA ESPANOLA
News from Angelfire.
UNITED NATIONS OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
ENGLISH
FRENCH
SPANISH
RUSSIAN
CHINESE
