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folk linguistics

–noun (used with a singular verb)
speculation and popular views about language.
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folk linguistics  
n.   (used with a sing. verb)
Popular belief or speculation about how language is used.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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