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Linguistics is the scientific study of human language.
Many aspects of language are studied, often independently, including sounds and their patterning, the structure of words, syntax, meaning, style and pragmatics. These are often approached from a theoretical perspective, but can also be examined historically. Also studied is the effect of society on language affect or language's relationship to psychology.
Applications of linguistics include language education, second language acquistition and computer-parsing of language.
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...that Damin is the only non-African language to have clicks as regular speech sounds?
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WikiProjects concerned with linguistics:
Linguistics: Computational linguistics Grammar Historical linguistics Morphology Phonetics Phonology Pragmatics Semantics Sociolinguistics Syntax Writing
Languages: Language families Pidgins and creoles Sign languages
Linguists: By nationality Grammarians Historical linguists Morphologists Phoneticians Phonologists Sociolinguists Syntacticians Translators
Stubs: Constructed languages Languages Linguists Pidgins and creoles Typography Vocabulary and usage Writing systems
