linguistics
the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics.
Origin of linguistics
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How to use linguistics in a sentence
I realized that this guy, who is on the left edge of politics, has this career in linguistics.
The fate of linguistics, therefore, turned on a simple twist of chance.
In linguistics, scholars discuss written- versus spoken-language paradigms.
But the ambition announced in these pages is not limited to questions of linguistics or anthropology.
Derrida’s ‘Of Grammatology’ and the Birth of Deconstruction | Benoît Peeters | December 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe court held—I think quite sensibly—that the issue turned on substance rather than linguistics.
The Supreme Court Ruling on Obamacare: 16 Experts Weigh in | Matthew DeLuca | June 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
It becomes the end with linguistics the means, and this is the true relation between them.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone JohnstonOur needs lie in the direction of the natural sciences rather than in the direction of history and linguistics.
“Phonetic laws” make up a large and fundamental share of the subject-matter of linguistics.
Language | Edward SapirHad not a "universal religion" better let linguistics alone?
Bahaism and Its Claims | Samuel Graham WilsonKnowing of Bayne's hobby for linguistics, the oculist jocularly turned these archaic curios over to him.
The Ordeal | Charles Egbert Craddock
British Dictionary definitions for linguistics
/ (lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks) /
(functioning as singular) the scientific study of language: See also historical linguistics, descriptive linguistics
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