Four Main Aspects of Language

Language Development

Four Main Aspects of Language

What are the main aspects we are dealing with here?

Phonology

Phonology is the study of sounds in a language.

Phoneme: the basic unit of sound.

Semantics

Semantics is the study of the meaning of language

Morpheme: The smallest unit of sound to carry meaning.

Pragmatics

Pragmatics is the study of the use of language. Deals with the intentions behind the utterances.

Syntax

Syntax is the study of the structure of language and how words can be formed to create gramatically correct sentences.

Competencies

Linguistic Competence

-Aquired when a person has achieved all four aspects of language (phonology, pragmatics, semantics, and syntax).

Communicative Competence

Aquired when they can apply this in their everyday speaking. When one can use L.C. appropriately in a variety of social situations.