Phonology - the study of the physical properties of speech (or signed) production and perception
Morphology - the study of internal structures of words and how they can be modified
Semantics - the study of the meaning of words (lexical semantics) and fixed word combinations (phraseology), and how these combine to form the meanings of sentences
Pragmatics - the study of the meaning of words (lexical semantics) and fixed word combinations (phraseology), and how these combine to form the meanings of sentences
Anthropological Linguistics - the study of the relations between language and culture and the relations between human biology, cognition and language.
Language Development - a process starting early in human life, when a person begins to acquire language by learning it as it is spoken and by mimicry.
Language Education - is the teaching and learning of a language. It can include improving a learner's mastery of her or his native language, but the term is more commonly used with regard to second language acquisition, which means the learning of a foreign or second language.
Linguistic Anthropology - an interdisciplinary study of how language influences social life.
