linguistics
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See also: lingüístics
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From linguist + -ics, a modification of earlier linguistic, coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1837 from German Linguistik.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
linguistics (uncountable)
- The scientific study of language.
- Hyponym: applied linguistics
Synonyms[edit]
Meronyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:linguistics
Derived terms[edit]
- algebraic linguistics
- applied linguistics
- archaeolinguistics
- biolinguistics
- clinical linguistics
- comparative linguistics
- computational linguistics
- contact linguistics
- diachronic linguistics
- ecolinguistics
- ethnolinguistics
- Eurolinguistics
- evolutionary linguistics
- historical linguistics
- interlinguistics
- metalinguistics
- microlinguistics
- neurolinguistics
- paleolinguistics
- pseudolinguistics
- psycholinguistics
- sociolinguistics
- theolinguistics
- xenolinguistics
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
scientific study of language
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