LINGUISTICS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Linguistics

Speech Type: Noun

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks
Dialects: British English
Definition:

the scientific study of language and its structure, including the study of grammar, syntax, and phonetics. Specific branches of linguistics include sociolinguistics, dialectology, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, comparative linguistics, and structural linguistics

Short Definition:

scientific study of language and its structure

Examples:
  • as a professor of linguistics, I have been studying how electronic communication compares to traditional print when it comes to learning
  • a linguistics student

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