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Linguistics is the study of language - how it is set together and how it operates. 
 

Sounds are brought together and sometimes when this happens, they change their form and do interesting things.  Words are arranged in a certain order, and sometimes the beginnings and endings of the words are changed to adjust the meaning. 

 

There are plenty of branches of linguistics that are given their own name, some of which are described below. Linguists are people who study linguistics.