Linguistics: An Introduction

Abstract

Linguistic is scientific study of language. Linguistic is derived from Latin word linguistique. Lingua means language and linguistiqua is knowledge about language in pass it is called Philology which is make from Greek words philoy and logos meaning love and knowledge. It mean love to knowledge. The term of Philology not perfect for linguistic because it is used in England for historical and comparative linguistic but in Germany & France this term is used for literature and cultural study. In 1716 it is called glosology. Linguistic is description of language in which, we study history, structure, morphology, etymology, Phonetics, also changings in language.