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noun (used with a singular verb)
the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics.
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- McCawley helped instigate the first big ideological rift in modern linguistics.
- Linguistics experts believe that endangered languages around the world are slipping out of our heritage at the rate of one a day.
- Out with every theory of human behavior, from linguistics to sociology.
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| linguistics (lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks) | |
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| (functioning as singular) historical linguistics See also descriptive linguistics the scientific study of language | |
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