Editing Linguistic description (section)

==Challenges==
Almost all [[linguistic theory]] has its origin in practical problems of descriptive linguistics. [[Phonology]] (and its theoretical developments, such as the [[phoneme]]) deals with the function and interpretation of sound in language.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dobrovolsky |first1=Michael |title=Phonology: the function and patterning of sounds |url=https://s18798.pcdn.co/neurolinglab/wp-content/uploads/sites/12757/2019/08/phonology.pdf |access-date=July 28, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wiese |first1=R. |title=Phonology: Overview |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B0080448542000353 |website=ScienceDirect |access-date=July 28, 2024 |date=2006}}</ref> [[Syntax]] has developed to describe how words relate to each other in order to form sentences.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wheeldon |first1=Linda R. |title=Generating Spoken Sentences: The Relationship Between Words and Syntax |url=https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1749-818X.2011.00281.x |website=Wiley Online Library |access-date=July 28, 2024 |date=June 1, 2011}}</ref> [[Lexicology]] collects words as well as their derivations and transformations: it has not given rise to much generalized theory.

Linguistics description might aim to achieve one or more of the following goals:<ref name="FPencyclo" />

# A description of the [[phonology]] of the language in question.
# A description of the [[morphology (linguistics)|morphology]] of words belonging to that language.
# A description of the [[syntax]] of well-formed sentences of that language.
# A description of [[Derivation (linguistics)|lexical derivation]].
# A documentation of the [[vocabulary]], including at least one thousand entries.
# A reproduction of a few genuine texts.