By Kamil Wiśniewski, Aug. 12th, 2007 Pragmatics is the study of meaning of words, phrases and full sentences, but unlike semantics which deals with the objective meanings of words that can beRead More…

By Kamil Wiśniewski July 12th, 2007 Phonology is a branch of linguistics, closely related to phonetics, which studies the manners of organization and usage of the speech sounds in natural languages. TheRead More…

By Kamil Wiśniewski July 12th, 2007 Phonetics is a multi-faceted branch of linguistics with a long history reaching ancient times. Nevertheless, even nowadays there are several opinions as to whether phonetics andRead More…

By Kamil Wiśniewski, Feb. 18th, 2007 Language in a communication system that has undergone a number of evolutionary changes which continue as we speak. While the development of language has been thorouhglyRead More…

By Kamil Wiśniewski Sep 10th, 2007 The Old English language was used in parts of the British isles till the end of the eleventh century. As it was a very tempestuous periodRead More…

By Kamil Wiśniewski, Aug. 12th, 2007 Neurolinguistics is a branch of linguistics dealing mainly with the biological basis of the relationship of the human language and brain. Although the very name ofRead More…

By Kamil Wiśniewski July 07th, 2007 Morphology is the part of linguistics that deals with the study of words, their internal structure and partially their meanings. It is also interested in howRead More…

By Kamil Wiśniewski Sep 4th, 2007 The period of Middle English covers the period between the twelfth and the first half of the fifteenth century – the time when Britain was underRead More…

By Kamil Wiśniewski July 26th, 2007 The second language acquisition process differs from the first language acquisition in most cases. Apart from the situations in which a child is raised by parentsRead More…

By Kamil Wiśniewski, July 26th, 2007 First language acquisition is a complex process, not fully accounted for yet, with as many facts discovered as questions that still remain to be answered. AlthoughRead More…