'Linguistics' definitions:
Definition of 'linguistics'
From: WordNet
noun
The scientific study of language
noun
The humanistic study of language and literature [syn: linguistics, philology]
Definition of 'Linguistics'
From: GCIDE
- Linguistics \Lin*guis"tics\ (l[i^][ng]*gw[i^]s"t[i^]ks), n. [Cf. F. linguistique.] The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology. [1913 Webster] lingulae
Synonyms of 'linguistics'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bowwow theory,
- comparative linguistics,
- derivation,
- descriptive linguistics,
- dialectology,
- dingdong theory,
- etymology,
- glossematics,
- glossology,
- glottochronology,
- glottology,
- grammar,
- graphemics,
- historical linguistics,
- language study,
- lexicology,
- lexicostatistics,
- linguistic geography,
- linguistic science,
- mathematical linguistics,
- morphology,
- morphophonemics,
- paleography,
- philology,
- phonetics,
- phonology,
- psycholinguistics,
- semantics,
- sociolinguistics,
- structuralism,
- syntactics,
- transformational linguistics
Words containing 'Linguistics'
- Linguist,
- Linguistic,
- Linguistical,
- Linguistically,
- computational linguist,
- computational linguistics,
- department of linguistics,
- descriptive linguistics,
- diachronic linguistics,
- historical linguistics,
- linguistic atlas,
- linguistic communication,
- linguistic competence,
- linguistic context,
- linguistic geography,
- linguistic performance,
- linguistic process,
- linguistic profiling,
- linguistic relation,
- linguistic rule,
- linguistic scientist,
- linguistic string,
- linguistic unit,
- linguistic universal,
- linguistics department,
- prescriptive linguistics,
- structural linguistics,
- synchronic linguistics,
- cross-linguistic,
- cross-linguistically