Linguistics is the scientific study of language. Specific areas of linguistic description and analysis are syntax, semantics, morphology, phonetics, phonology, and pragmatics. Subdisciplines such as b
Lexicography
…of lexicology, as distinct from lexicography. Some use "lexicology" as a synonym for theoretical lexicography; others use it to mean a branch of linguistics pertaining to the inventory of words in a particular language. A person practicing lexicography is a lexicographer…
Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure is regarded as the creator of semiotics.