linguistics

Noun

• the scientific study of language
• the humanistic study of language and literature
• The systematic and scholarly study of language.

Examples

• a branch of linguistics
• to study linguistics

Synonyms

philology, glossology, glottology, linguistics, linguistry, speechlore, wordlore

Related Words

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