Linguistics belongs to which broad category of science?

Select one:

a. Cognitive Sciences

b. Applied Sciences

c. Social Sciences

d. Natural Sciences

c. Social Sciences

Explanation:

Linguistics can broadly be defined as the scientific study of language and its structures. It includes the various analyzing of the language form, context, phonetics and semantics among others. As a category of social science, it involves the relationships between individuals and their languages they use. Among one of the major branch of social science, it deals with the cognitive and the social aspects of people or individuals.

C. Social science.

It is now the usual term in English for the scientific study of language, though linguistic science is sometimes used. Linguistics is a multi-disciplinary field of research that combines tools from natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities.