Theoretical linguistics
branch of linguistics which inquires into the nature of language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Theoretical linguistics tries to understand how language works. Syntax, phonology, morphology and semantics are studied, also the things or universals that all languages have in common.
See also
- Applied linguistics (contrary notion)
- Noam Chomsky
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