linguistics
/lɪŋgwˈɪstɪks/
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Noun
the scientific study of language
Noun
the humanistic study of language and literature
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computational linguistics
descriptive linguistics
diachronic linguistics
diachrony
dialect geography
dialectology
etymology
historical linguistics
lexicology
linguistic geography
neurolinguistics
pragmatics
prescriptive linguistics
semantics
sociolinguistics
structural linguistics
structuralism
synchronic linguistics