linguistics
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(noun) the humanistic study of language and literature |
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Synonyms: philology |
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Related Words: arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts |
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(noun) the scientific study of language |
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Related Words: descriptive linguistics, dialect geography, etymology, historical linguistics, lexicology, linguistic geography, pragmatics, science, scientific discipline, semantics, sociolinguistics, structuralism, synchronic linguistics |
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