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  • grammar the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
  • firth English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)
  • john rupert firth English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)
  • descriptive linguistics a description (at a given point in time) of a language with respect to its phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics without value judgments
  • lexical semantics the branch of semantics that studies the meanings and relations of words
  • semasiology the branch of semantics that studies the cognitive aspects of meaning
  • formal semantics the branch of semantics that studies the logical aspects of meaning
  • prescriptive linguistics an account of how a language should be used instead of how it is actually used; a prescription for the `correct' phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics
  • cognitive semantics the branch of semantics that studies the cognitive aspects of meaning
  • j. r. firth English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)
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