Definition of Linguistics. Meaning of Linguistics. Synonyms of Linguistics

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Definition of Linguistics

Linguistics
Linguistics Lin*guis"tics (-t[i^]ks), n. [Cf. F. linguistique.] The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.
Linguistic
Linguistic Lin*guis"tic (l[i^][ng]*gw[i^]s"t[i^]k), Linguistical Lin*guis"tic*al (-t[i^]*kal), a. [Cf. F. linguistique.] Of or pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages.

Meaning of Linguistics from wikipedia

- Linguistics is the scientific study of language. Linguistics is based on a theoretical as well as a descriptive study of language and is also interlinked...
- In linguistics, morphology (mor-FOL-ə-jee) is the study of words, including the principles by which they are formed, and how they relate to one another...
- up linguistics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Linguistics is a field of study. Linguistics may also refer to these publications: Linguistics (journal)...
- O'Grady, J. Archibald, M. Aronoff and J. Rees-Miller (eds) Contemporary Linguistics. pp. 537-590. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's. Schilling-Estes, Natalies...
- "family" reflects the tree model of language origination in historical linguistics, which makes use of a metaphor comparing languages to people in a biological...
- linguistics, also termed diachronic linguistics, is the scientific study of language change over time. Prin****l concerns of historical linguistics include:...
- Com****tional linguistics is an interdisciplinary field concerned with the com****tional modelling of natural language, as well as the study of appropriate...
- Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton...
- In linguistics, a compound is a lexeme (less precisely, a word or sign) that consists of more than one stem. Compounding, composition or nominal composition...
- Structural linguistics, or structuralism, in linguistics, denotes schools or theories in which language is conceived as a self-contained, self-regulating...