The word comes from the Latin linguistic lingua meaning 'language'. Linguistics is the study of the language or languages as the science that makes the object of study. In French there are three terms to refer to the language as follows:
* Langue: a particular language.
* Langage: general language.
* Parole: language in the form of tangible in the form of speech.
Linguistics is often also called general linguistics (general linguistics). This means that not only assess the linguistic knowledge of a language, but rather examines the ins and outs of the language in general, that the French terminology is called langage. Linguist called linguists. The father of modern linguistics is Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913). His book about the language titled Course de Linguistique Generale, first issued in 1916.
In the scientific world, not only linguistic who take language as an object of study. Science or other disciplines are also reviewing the language of which: science literature, social sciences (sociology), psychology, and physics. What distinguishes the linguistic sciences is the approach to the object of study is the language. Science approaching language literature as art container. Social science approach and sees language as a means of