linguistics

Pronunciation: /lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun the scientific study of language
  2. noun the humanistic study of language and literature

Etymology

From linguist + -ics, akin to linguistic and Latin linguisticus, coined by English philosopher and historian of science William Whewell in 1847 from German Linguistik.

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science
Narrower (hyponyms)
descriptive linguistics, etymology, structuralism, historical linguistics, synchronic linguistics, dialect geography

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