What is linguistics?
Linguistics is the systematic – scientific study of human language.
Linguistics can be divided into:
- language form
- language meaning
- language context
Archaeological records that communication with language emerged about 200 000 years ago. (Ralph Fasold & Jeff Connor- Linton; Introduction to language and linguistics; Cambridge University press; 2006). But other source said that the earliest linguistics activities known in Iron age India (about 8 century BC).
• In our believe, in Holy Qur’an , chapter 2 ; al-Baqarah (the cow), verses 30, there was a conversation between God and Angels in creating man in the earth, And when the Thy Lord said to the angels:
• “wa’id qoola robbuka lil malaa’ikati innii jaa’ilung fil ardi khalifah, qooluu ataz’alu fiihaa man yyufsidu fiihaa wa yas fiquddimaa’a wa nahnu nusabbihuu bihamdika wanuqoddisulaq, qoolaa innii ‘a lamu malaa ta’ lamuun….
• “ I am going to place a ruler in the earth” and they said: ”Wilth thou [thau] place in it such as make mischief in it and shed blood, And we celebrate Thy praise and extol Thy holiness? He said, “ Surely I know what you know not.”
• (“Sesungguhnya Aku hendak menjadikan seorang khalifah di muka bumi” Mereka berkata, “ Mengapa Engkau hendak menjadikan (khalifah) di bumi itu orang yang akan membuat kerusakan padanya dan menumpahkan darah, padahal kami senantiasa bertasbih dengan memuji Engkau dan mensucikan Engkau?” Tuhan berfirman, “ Sesungguhnya Aku mengetahui apa yang tidak kamu ketahui.”
• “wa’id qoola robbuka lil malaa’ikati innii jaa’ilung fil ardi khalifah, qooluu ataz’alu fiihaa man yyufsidu fiihaa wa yas fiquddimaa’a wa nahnu nusabbihuu bihamdika wanuqoddisulaq, qoolaa innii ‘a lamu malaa ta’ lamuun….
• “ I am going to place a ruler in the earth” and they said: ”Wilth thou [thau] place in it such as make mischief in it and shed blood, And we celebrate Thy praise and extol Thy holiness? He said, “ Surely I know what you know not.”
• (“Sesungguhnya Aku hendak menjadikan seorang khalifah di muka bumi” Mereka berkata, “ Mengapa Engkau hendak menjadikan (khalifah) di bumi itu orang yang akan membuat kerusakan padanya dan menumpahkan darah, padahal kami senantiasa bertasbih dengan memuji Engkau dan mensucikan Engkau?” Tuhan berfirman, “ Sesungguhnya Aku mengetahui apa yang tidak kamu ketahui.”
1. Base on the field of linguistics:
-General linguistics
-Applied linguistics
-Theoretical linguistics
-History of linguistics
