linguistics

[ ling-gwis-tiks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics.

linguistics

/ lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks /

noun

1. functioning as singular the scientific study of language See also historical linguistics descriptive linguistics

Word History and Origins

Origin of linguistics¹

First recorded in 1850–55; linguistic, -ics

Example Sentences

AI chatbots are “not magic”, warns Emily Bender, a linguistics professor at the University of Washington in Seattle.

From BBC

But Clark said students should be aware of the great variance among majors — the transfer admission rate for computer science is 5%, for instance, compared with 60%-plus for history, linguistics and philosophy.

From Los Angeles Times

An 18-year-old man has been arrested in south-east Ukraine on suspicion of shooting dead Iryna Farion, a controversial former MP and linguistics professor.

From BBC

One 2009 linguistics study timed these differences - showing that, on average, Japanese speakers took seven milliseconds to respond while Danish speakers took about 470 milliseconds to intervene.

From BBC

Scientists can use this effect to model and better understand problems in chemistry and physics as well as in completely different areas like the financial world or linguistics as the underlying mathematical equations have the same characteristics.

From Science Daily

Related Words

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