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linguistics

noun

1 linguistics

The scientific study of language.

Dutch: linguïstiek, taalbeschouwing, taalkunde, taalwetenschap
Polish: językoznawstwo, lingwistyka

2 linguistics

The humanistic study of language and literature.

synonym: philology.

Roget 560: language; phraseology etc. 569; speech etc. 582; tongue, lingo, vernacular; mother tongue, vulgar tongue, native tongue; household words; ... show more

Dutch: filologie


Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.

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