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Linguistics

Linguistics Meaning & Definition
Linguistics Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Linguistics?

[n] the humanistic study of language and literature
[n] the scientific study of language

Synonyms | Synonyms for Linguistics: philology

Related Terms | Find terms related to Linguistics: bowwow theory | comparative linguistics | derivation | descriptive linguistics | dialectology | dingdong theory | etymology | glossematics | glossology | glottochronology | glottology | grammar | graphemics | historical linguistics | language study | lexicology | lexicostatistics | linguistic geography | linguistic science | mathematical linguistics | morphology | morphophonemics | paleography | philology | phonetics | phonology | psycholinguistics | semantics | sociolinguistics | structuralism | syntactics | transformational linguistics

See Also | arts | cognitive science | computational linguistics | descriptive linguistics | dialect geography | etymology | historical linguistics | humanistic discipline | humanities | lexicology | liberal arts | linguistic geography | pragmatics | science | scientific discipline | semantics | sociolinguistics | structural linguistics | structuralism | synchronic linguistics

Linguistics In Webster's Dictionary

\Lin*guis"tics\ (-t[i^]ks), n. [Cf. F. linguistique.] The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.

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