7. Phonology looks
at many different things:
Why do related formsdiffer?
Phonologyfinds the systematic ways in whichthe forms differ and
explainsthem.
8. Phonology looks
at many different things:
What is stored in the mind?
Phonologystudies abstract mental entities, such as structures and
processes. This contrasts with phonetics,which deals with the actual
productionand acoustics of the sounds of language.
9. Phonology looks
at many different things:
What sounds gotogether?
Looksat what sounds/sound combinationsareacceptedand
why.
10. Phonology looks
at many different things:
Howare sounds organized into syllables?
With the use of phonologicaltrees syllables are brokenup
more easily.
11. Phonology looks
at many different things:
What are the differencesbetween languages?
For example, differentlanguages can use differentphonemes,or
differentsyllable structures (what soundscan go together to
makesequences or words) and phonologyidentifiesthese
differences.
34. semantics
It is the study of meaning.
It focuses on the relation
between signifiers, like
words, phrases, signs, and
symbols, and what they
stand for; their denotation.