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What is language?

a system of communication used by a particular country or community.

What could be a theory to explain the origin of language?

Well, if you explained in detail... I'll grant the points lol

Does Linguistics only study scientifically the English language?

No. It. Does. Not. Linguistics applies for the scientific study of ANY language.

Study of how the listeners perceive linguistic auditory aspects and understand these signals.

Auditory Phonetics

Study of the acoustic production of various articulations.

Acoustic Phonetics

Study of how sounds are produced with the articulators.

Articulatory Phonetics

The study of evolution and origins of Languages.

Historical Linguistics

The study of real-life applications of Linguistics.

Applied Linguistics

What would you say are the three important fields of study in Linguistics?

Well, let see your idea had something like structure, use, and influence of language?

The psychological aspects of Language & Linguistics...

It's about the behaviour mostly, Psycholinguistics.

The study of the impact of society on Language & Linguistics.

Sociolinguistics

Mention the main sub branches of phonetics that you've already studied...

1. Articulatory, 2. Auditory, and 3. Acoustic.

What's the branch of linguistics that studies of the use of language(s)?

Pragmatics

Does semantics really study meanings?

Yes, it does. It is the study of meanings.

What does syntax study?

The study of formation and structure of sentences.

The study of sounds in a speech in physical terms.

Phonetics

The sounds in a speech in cognitive terms.

Phonology

What's the seventh branch added to the linguistics' tree?

Discourse analysis, it is.

Mention the main branches of linguistics...

They are: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.

Define what linguistics is in your own words.

One idea is the scientific study of language, I hope you got it close...