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general linguistics vs theoretical linguistics


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Guest Gnome Chomsky
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Might be a stupid question, but it's the same thing, right? Also, if it is the same thing and a school just has plain old "Linguistics" listed as the type of degree they offer, one could assume it's in General/Theoretical Linguistics?

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The best way to be sure is to look at the requirements, faculty profiles, and course offerings. A theoretical program will focus (almost exclusively) on phonetics, phonology, morphology (for programs that treat it separately from phonology or syntax), syntax, and semantics.

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there are two main types of Linguistic, Theoretical / General Linguistics and Applied Linguistics. Theoretical Linguistics focuses on morphology, syntax, and phonology. While Applied Linguistics focuses on psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and educational linguistics.

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