"Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The modern-day scientific study of linguistics takes all aspects of language into account."
The use of spoken or written words to express ideas, thoughts, and feelings between two or more people.
Types of Communication: Explores the various methods of communication available such as verbal, written, and nonverbal techniques.
Communication Channels: Describes the different channels through which interactions can occur such as face to face, through technology, radio, and television.
The Power of Language: Emphasizes the importance of language as a tool for communication and explores its capacity in expressing thoughts, ideas, and emotions.
Effective Listening Skills: Teaches the skills necessary to actively listen and retain information in order to respond in a meaningful way in personal and professional interactions.
Cultural Awareness: Highlights the influence that cultural backgrounds can have on communication patterns and practices.
Body Language: Discusses the nonverbal cues that accompany spoken messages and how they can impact one's ability to communicate both effectively and empathetically.
Emotional Intelligence: Focuses on the ability to identify and manage one's own emotions as well as those of others in order to facilitate healthy interactions.
Conflict Resolution: Explores conflict as a potential obstacle in communication and provides methods to handle it effectively.
Persuasive Speaking: Teaches the art of delivering compelling and convincing arguments through verbal communication.
Interpersonal Relationships: Discusses how communication can shape interpersonal relationships, building strong foundations of trust and understanding between individuals.
Conversation: A two-way exchange of ideas between two or more people, either face-to-face or remotely.
Dialogue: A conversation in which participants cooperate in constructing an understanding of what they are talking about.
Monologue: A long, uninterrupted speech given by one person to others.
Debate: A structured discussion between two or more people with opposing views, aiming to persuade or convince each other and the audience.
Lecture: A speech given about a particular subject in order to inform, educate, or inspire an audience.
Presentation: A formal talk given to an audience, often involving the use of visual aids such as slides or videos.
Interview: A conversation between two people, usually for the purpose of information gathering or assessment.
Interrogation: A questioning process used by law enforcement officials to elicit information from a suspect.
Negotiation: A process of discussion between two or more parties aimed at reaching a mutually beneficial agreement.
Persuasion: The act of convincing someone to do or believe something through verbal means.
Counseling: A process where a trained professional helps an individual to work through personal problems or emotional issues through verbal interaction.
Therapy: A form of counseling where the professional helps people to work through psychological or emotional problems.
Coaching: A process where a professional coach helps an individual to learn and grow in a particular area, such as personal or professional development.
Feedback: A process of giving or receiving information about performance or behavior in order to facilitate learning or improvement.
Small talk: Casual conversation about unimportant or trivial matters, often used to establish social connections or rapport.
"The cognitive, the social, the cultural, the psychological, the environmental, the biological, the literary, the grammatical, the paleographical, and the structural."
"Linguistics is interlinked with the applied fields of language studies and language learning, which entails the study of specific languages."
"Before the 20th century, linguistics evolved in an informal manner that did not employ scientific methods."
"Modern linguistics is considered to be an applied science as well as an academic field of general study within the humanities and social sciences."
"Traditional areas of linguistic analysis correspond to syntax, semantics, morphology, phonetics, phonology, and pragmatics."
"Subdisciplines such as biolinguistics and psycholinguistics bridge many of these divisions."
"Theoretical linguistics is concerned with understanding the universal and fundamental nature of language and developing a general theoretical framework for describing it, while applied linguistics seeks to utilize the scientific findings of the study of language for practical purposes."
"Practical purposes include developing methods of improving language education and literacy."
"Linguistic features may be studied through a variety of perspectives: synchronically or diachronically, in monolinguals or in multilinguals, amongst children or amongst adults."
"Studying how language is being learned or how it was acquired."
"Through written texts or through oral elicitation, and finally through mechanical data collection or through practical fieldwork."
"Linguistics emerged from the non-scientific field of philology, and both are now variably described as related fields, subdisciplines, or the latter to have been superseded by linguistics altogether."
"Linguistics is also related to the philosophy of language, stylistics, rhetoric, semiotics, lexicography, and translation." Please note that the list above contains 14 study questions, not 20.