lin·guis·tics

[ling-gwis-tiks]
noun ( used with a singular verb )
the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics.

Origin:
1850–55; see linguistic, -ics

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linguistics (lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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(functioning as singular) historical linguistics See also descriptive linguistics the scientific study of language

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Linguistics is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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linguistics
"the science of languages," 1847; see linguist.
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Example sentences
The bigger problem might be the linguistics level of your students.
There, five people with doctorates in linguistics dream up excuses for folks to
  repeat before suddenly dropping a date gone sour.
Linguistics experts believe that endangered languages around the world are
  slipping out of our heritage at the rate of one a day.
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