| Areas
of Interest/Specialization Sino-Tibetan/Tibeto-Burman Tonology, Acoustic & Articulatory Phonetics, Sound Change Phonological Typology, Language Documentation, Language Contact, Language Endangerment, Maintenance & Preservation |
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Kristine A. Hildebrandt Associate Professor English Language & Literature Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 2227 Peck Hall Edwardsville IL 62026 U.S.A. office phone: 618 650-3380 khildeb 'at' siue.edu |
| Linguistics
is the study of language systems, including the structural and
functional-usage patterns that identify language as a
species-unique system of communication. Sub-disciplines of
linguistics include phonetics (speech sound production and
perception), phonology (the cross-language and mental
patternings/organizations of sounds as they contribute to
meaning), morphology (word formation, structure, and word
histories), syntax (word combinations into larger units),
semantics (meaning at morphological and syntactic levels),
pragmatics (meaning as part of larger communicative contexts),
discourse analysis (language use), typology (cross-linguistic
comparison and the search for/testing of universals),
sociolinguistics (the interaction of linguistic and social
variables), linguistic anthropology (the interaction of language
and culture), historical linguistics (the historical development,
including birth and death, of languages), evolutionary linguistics
(language origins), first and second language acquisition (in
children and adults), language documentation & description,
and neurolinguistics/psycholinguistics (language and the brain). |