linguistics

[ UK /lɪŋɡwˈɪstɪks/ ]
[ US /ɫɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/ ]
NOUN
  1. the scientific study of language
  2. the humanistic study of language and literature
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How To Use linguistics In A Sentence

  • Crystal has shown how this bias in linguistics carries over into lay views of language.
  • There is no introductory editorial discussing the title or theme of the volume or its intended audience, but the essays mostly deal with language and metalinguistics in some way.
  • In linguistics, there are presently two main approaches to solving the problems associated with the description of emotions.
  • The centre also sponsored scholarships for the teachers to do further degrees and research in applied linguistics. Times, Sunday Times
  • Literary studies have been cross - fertilized by new ideas in linguistics.
  • Garnering international attention, that episode further fostered the group's violent reputation resulting from a well-documented incident involving the spearing deaths of five North American Summer Institute of Linguistics SIL missionaries in 1956. Suzan Crane: Finding my Soul and Losing my Heart in the Equadorian Amazon: A Spiritual Journey With the Remote Huaorani Tribe
  • The use of statistical techniques is not new to computational linguistics.
  • As a journalist with two degrees in linguistics, I enjoy combining my two fields whenever possible and writing about language for the general reader. A discussion with Margalit Fox about Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind
  • I understand this view to be more or less orthodox in linguistics these days. Economics and Evolution, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
  • Modern linguistics emerged as a distinct field in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. The Chomsky Update - Linguistics and Politics
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