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Linguistics

Linguistics is the analysis of language form, language meaning, language in context and sounds of speech.

LIT Graduate Assistant

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Mariana Gallardo
B.A. in Foreign Language Education, M.S. in Computer Science Student
Contact:
agalla15@students.towson.edu

Assistant University Librarian for Content Management

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Mary Gilbert
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Cook Library
Towson University
mgilbert@towson.edu
410-704-4926

Which branches will your research encompass?

This first image, provided by literaryenglish.com, demonstrates the main branches of linguistics that one can consider researching. 

 

In order to get started analyzing language, it's essential to understand the subfields of microlinguistics which have been explained in this second chart image.