what are these subjects all about?

Question

u study these at the fac. of arts, english section but wht are they all about?

philology, phonetics?

i forgot to add "linguistics"

Answer 1

linguistics--plural noun treated as sing. the scientific study of language and its structure.

Linguistics study would include a class like this: Applied and Theoretical Linguistics. Intensive study of specialized areas in English linguistics.

philology-- the study of the structure, historical development, and relationships of a language or languages

phonetics-- plural noun treated as sing. the study and classification of speech sounds.

In college, this would included courses like this one:
Phonetics and Phonology. Articulatory and linguistic phonetics, phonetic transcription, suprasegmental phonology, overview of English phonology, and information on teaching English pronunciation to speakers of other languages.

Answer 2

Philology is the study of a language together with its literature and the historical and cultural contexts so that you have a deeper understanding of the language and where its expressions come from . Phonetics is the study of speech sounds - some languages have speech sounds that others don't have and phonetics attempts to study these sounds and write them down.

Answer 3

Philology and linguistics both study languages, from different points of view--the focus of philology is more on the history, and linguistics more on the theory.