Professional Communication Skills Practice Test: Language and Linguistics — Flashcards

Linguistics is the scientific study of language, including its form, functionality, development, and evolution. It's a branch of study that deals with languages.
Language is a mental phenomenon and a way of expressing thought through articulate sounds. In linguistics, language is defined as a system of arbitrary sound symbols that members of a society use to cooperate, interact, and identify themselves.
 

Linguistics is based on a theoretical and descriptive study of language. It's also interlinked with the applied fields of language studies and language learning, which involves the study of specific languages.