Language: a previewPhonetics: the sounds of languagePhonology: contrasts and patternsMorphology: the analysis of word structureSyntax: the analysis of sentence structureSemantics: the study of meaningThe classification of languagesHistorical linguistics: the study of language changeIndigenous languages in CanadaFirst language acquisitionSecond language acquisitionBilingualism and bilingual acquisitionPsycholinguistics: the study of language processingBrain and languageLanguage in social contextsWriting and language