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Linguistics and English Study Abstract:Linguistics is generally defined as the scientific study of language.Here are some relatively independent branches within the area of linguistics: phonetics, phonology,morphology,syntax,semantics,pragmatics,sociolinguistics,psycholinguistics, applied linguistics, etc. In the class, we have learnt some theories. These theories are abstract in literal meaning and it’s very hard for us primary scholars to understanding. However, if we combined the theories and actual life, it would be easier to catch the deep meaning. This?paper?gives my understanding of three branches of the book: morphology,syntax and phonetics. Key words：linguistics morphology syntax phonetics 在课堂上，我们学习了一些理论。这些理论都抽象的字面上的意义“childproof” that we don’t know its meaning.By learning morphology,we can know it is a compound.It is made up of “child” and “proof”.We have known that “child” is a noun.In compounds,“proof” means “that can resist or protect against the thing mentioned”.So we can deduce that “childproof” is a compound adjectives,and it means “designed so that young children cannot open,use or damage it” .This is just a simple example,no matter how long or strange a word is,it is made up using just a few basic processes of word formation.I am most interested in acronyms and initialisms.Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial letter or letters of words, such as NATO and XHTML, and are pronounced in a way that is distinct from the full pronunciation of what the letters stand for. Of the two words, acronym is the much more frequently used and known, and many speakers and writers refer to all abbreviations formed from initial letters as acronyms. However, some differentiate between acronyms and initialisms: an acronym is a pronounceable word formed from the initial letter or letters of the constituent words, such as NATO (nay-toe), and an initialism is an abbreviation pronounced as the names of the individual letters, an