2006-10-13 02:46:23 · 17 answers · asked by Peter H 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The study of words and their origins is called etymology. Linguistics is the study of language.
2006-10-13 02:55:48 · answer #1 · answered by Barbara 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Study of words is Morphology.
Study of languages is Linguistics.
Omg, most of the answers are just incorrect. Etymology is the study of history of words, their origins, etc. But morphology studies focus on the words themselves, how they're constructed, how morphemes come together to make up words, in other words it's the study of word formation.
2006-10-13 03:01:18 · answer #2 · answered by Earthling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the wonderful study of linquistics.. I, when in SE Asia, had considerable contact with the Summer Linguistics Institute who was working with the B'nar Mountegnard tribe working on their language and putting it into words.. When they finished, the B'nar language only had 200 words
2006-10-13 03:03:17 · answer #3 · answered by Richard K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Etymology
Latin Etymon from the Greek Etymos meaning 'True'
et·y·mon (t-mn)
n. pl. et·y·mons or et·y·ma (-m)
1. An earlier form of a word in the same language or in an ancestor language. For example, Indo-European *duwo and Old English tw are etymons of Modern English two.
2. A word or morpheme from which compounds and derivatives are formed.
3. A foreign word from which a particular loan word is derived. For example, Latin duo, "two," is an etymon of English duodecimal.
It's a great subject.
No really, it is!!
2006-10-13 03:45:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Linguistics
2006-10-13 02:55:40 · answer #5 · answered by sue l 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
language = linguistics
word sound = phonetics
to correct one of the (well researched) above answers
origins of words = etymology
studying the love of study = philology
2006-10-13 02:56:46 · answer #6 · answered by Chintot 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Linguistics would be the simple answer. Although linguistics istelf is divided into further fields, relating to what specific area of the language is being studied. ie. phonetics, morphology, semantics.
2006-10-13 03:04:05 · answer #7 · answered by Sam M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Linguistics.
2006-10-13 02:50:24 · answer #8 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glossology from the Greek word Glossa(tongue)
2006-10-13 08:54:22 · answer #9 · answered by qwine2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
study of words (called 'philology').
study of language (called ETYMOLOGY)
2006-10-13 02:53:40 · answer #10 · answered by heleneaustin 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋