Language

Ethnography

Study and description of a specific culture or community based on firsthand fieldwork and data collection.

Ethnography Fieldwork

Requires fieldwork to collect firsthand data.

Ethnography Approach

Often illustrative and community-specific.

Ethnology

Comparative study of cultures using data collected by multiple researchers.

Ethnology Data

Uses data collected by a series of researchers.

Ethnology Approach

Usually synthetic and comparative-cultural.

Autoanthropology

The study of one's own culture or society, focusing on practices, beliefs, and social structures within the researcher's own community or identity.

Phonetics

Study of speech sounds and their physical properties.

Phonology

Study of sound systems and patterns in language.

Morphology

Study of word structure and how words are formed.

Syntax

Study of sentence structure and how words are arranged.

Semantics

Study of meaning in language.

Pragmatics

Study of how language is used and interpreted in context.