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Overview of Linguistics and Language Analysis by ljn32179 is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses the scientific study of linguistics. It provides definitions of linguistics from various linguists and describes the levels of linguistic analysis including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Theories on the origin of language are presented, such as the mama and bow-wow theories. Possible sources of language development are explored, like the social interaction source. Finally, seven characteristics of human language are identified, such as it being
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