linguistics
1. [ noun ] (linguistics) the scientific study of language
Related terms: science dialect_geography lexicology sociolinguistics etymology computational_linguistics pragmatics synchronic_linguistics structuralism neurolinguistics semantics historical_linguistics cognitive_science form root tone rule prepositional Old late inflected phoneme early animate middle inanimate segmental phylum aphaeresis aspectual vocative sonant complementary_distribution standard surd cognate nonstandard acceptable unacceptable bad etymologize cacuminal derivative suprasegmental autosemantic synsemantic New Modern preposition postposition polyphonic morphophoneme radical allophone sign participant_role homophonous topicalization linguistic_process ablative reduplicate topicalize uninflected voice analytic
2. [ noun ] (linguistics) the humanistic study of language and literature
Synonyms: philology
Related terms: humanistic_discipline
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