Rajarata University of Sri Lanka - First Year Students 2018-2019

Linguistics: scientific study of learning a particular language

Five branches of Linguistics

Linguistics is subdivided into 05 branches. They are:

1.  Phonetics  (sound level)

2.  Phonology  (sound level)

3.  Morphology  (word level)

4.  Syntax  (sentence level)

5.  Semantics   (meaning  level)

6.  Pragmatics  (beyond sentence level)