linguistics en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/
- /liŋˈɡwɪstɪks/ US, pre-/ŋ/ tensing
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English linguist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English linguistics From linguist + -ics, akin to linguistic and Latin linguisticus, coined by English philosopher and historian of science William Whewell in 1847 from German Linguistik.
Meanings
-
(uncountable) The systematic and scholarly study of language.
By the end of the century, the APS’s membership included the leaders of the American anthropological establishment, whose primary investigative interests were the ethnography, linguistics, archeology, and physical anthropology of the American Indian, within a theoretical structure that was essentially historical.
1997, Jacob W. Gruber, “American Philosophical Society”, in History of Physical Anthropology, page 64:a branch of linguistics
to study linguistics
Deriveds
comparative linguistics · folk linguistics · patholinguistics · cyberlinguistics · archaeolinguistics · metalinguistics · lx · pseudolinguistics · pseudo-linguistics · diachronic linguistics · computational linguistics · neurolinguistics · corpus linguistics · palaeolinguistics · culinary linguistics · phylolinguistics · pedolinguistics · geolinguistics · astrolinguistics · applied linguistics · microlinguistics · macrolinguistics · forensic linguistics · ecolinguistics · netlinguistics · protolinguistics · internet linguistics · xenolinguistics · neolinguistics · theolinguistics · Eurolinguistics · sociolinguistics · contact linguistics · demolinguistics · clinical linguistics · sign linguistics · armchair linguistics · cunning linguistics · cognitive linguistics · ethnolinguistics · functional linguistics · contrastive linguistics · paralinguistics · interlinguistics · critical applied linguistics · historical linguistics · quantitative linguistics · text linguistics · biolinguistics · algebraic linguistics · cryptolinguistics · psycholinguistics · evolutionary linguistics · paedolinguistics · lavender linguistics · raciolinguistics · anthropolinguistics · paleolinguistics
Holonyms
Meronyms
diachronic linguistics · xenolinguistics · semantics · comparative linguistics · Eurolinguistics · neurolinguistics · psycholinguistics · phonology · interlinguistics · biolinguistics · phonemics · phonetics · applied linguistics · syntax · ecolinguistics · evolutionary linguistics · sociolinguistics · pragmatics · computational linguistics · historical linguistics · philology · morphology · algebraic linguistics · sign linguistics · clinical linguistics
Relateds
diction · sense · linguist · dialect · lexical item · suffix · pronunciation · lexeme · linguistically · phonetics · morpheme · prefix · semantics · morphology · derivation · corpus · root · understanding · etymology · gradation · conjugation · word · declension · phrase · philology · word origin · meaning · language · term · collocation · sentence · combining form · linguistical · epigraphy · grapheme · affix · pragmatics · clause · compound · linguicist · grammar · phoneme · inflection · etymon · phonology · linguistic · syntax
Synonyms
linguistics · speechlore · glossology · linguistry · speechlore · glottology · wordlore
Translations (201)
tr dil bilimi (scientific study of language) · ml ഭാഷാശാസ്ത്രം (scientific study of language) · kw scyens yeth (scientific study of language) · hsb rěčespyt (scientific study of language) · oc lingüistica (scientific study of language) · fi lingvistiikka (scientific study of language) · id ilmu kebahasaan (scientific study of language) · ia linguistica (scientific study of language) · yi לינגוויסטיק (scientific study of language) · nrf lîndgistique (scientific study of language) · uk лінгві́стика (scientific study of language) · kn ಭಾಷಾ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ (scientific study of language) · eu hizkuntzalaritza (scientific study of language) · ga teangeolaíocht (scientific study of language) · ru лингви́стика (scientific study of language) · mr भाषाशास्त्र (scientific study of language) · km ភាសាសាស្ត្រ (scientific study of language) · ak kasahodoɔ mu nimdepɛ (scientific study of language) · fa-ira زَبانشِناسی (scientific study of language) · hy լեզվաբանություն (scientific study of language) · ja 言語学 (scientific study of language) · la linguistica (scientific study of language) · dsb linguistika (scientific study of language) · fo málfrøði (scientific study of language) · kn ಭಾಷಾಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (scientific study of language) · ar عِلْم اللُّغَة (scientific study of language) · ru языкозна́ние (scientific study of language) · yue 言語學 /言语学 (scientific study of language) · az dilçilik (scientific study of language) · sk jazykoveda (scientific study of language) · cmn 語言學 /语言学 (scientific study of language) · li taalweitesjap (scientific study of language) · rom chhibavipen (scientific study of language) · af linguistiek (scientific study of language) · lv valodniecība (scientific study of language) · jv linguistik (scientific study of language) · sw isimu (scientific study of language) · yue 語言學 /语言学 (scientific study of language) · ceb linggwistiks (scientific study of language) · kw yethonieth (scientific study of language) · kk тіл ғылымы (scientific study of language) · eo lingvoscienco (scientific study of language) · za yijyenzyoz (scientific study of language) · et keeleteadus (scientific study of language) · ban basawidya (scientific study of language) · udm кылтодон (scientific study of language) · kk лингвистика (scientific study of language) · war lingguwistika (scientific study of language) · tl dalubwikaan (scientific study of language) · be мовазна́ўства (scientific study of language) · de Linguistik (scientific study of language) · gl lingüística (scientific study of language) · zea taelkunde (scientific study of language) · ky лингвистика (scientific study of language) · lb Sproochwëssenschaft (scientific study of language) · nl linguïstiek (scientific study of language) · sd لسانيات (scientific study of language) · cs jazykověda (scientific study of language) · uk мовозна́вство (scientific study of language) · mn ᠬᠡᠯᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠰᠢᠨᠵᠢᠯᠡᠯ (scientific study of language) · my ဘာသာဗေဒ (scientific study of language) · sl lingvístika (scientific study of language) · cs lingvistika (scientific study of language) · cv лингвистика (scientific study of language) · pt linguística (scientific study of language) · ka ენათმეცნიერება (scientific study of language) · csb lingwistika (scientific study of language) · tg забоншиносӣ (scientific study of language) · tr lengüistik (scientific study of language) · gd cànanachas (scientific study of language) · sv lingvistik (scientific study of language) · pl glottologia (scientific study of language) · mn ᠬᠡᠯᠡ ᠰᠢᠨᠵᠢᠯᠡᠯ (scientific study of language) · mn хэл шинжлэл (scientific study of language) · ms linguistik (scientific study of language) · tk dil bilimi (scientific study of language) · io linguistiko (scientific study of language) · hu nyelvészet (scientific study of language) · br yezhoniezh (scientific study of language) · hsb linguistika (scientific study of language) · pl lingwistyka (scientific study of language) · an lingüistica (scientific study of language) · de Sprachwissenschaft (scientific study of language) · sh jezikoslovlje (scientific study of language) · be лінгві́стыка (scientific study of language) · nl taalwetenschappen (scientific study of language) · os ӕвзагзонынад (scientific study of language) · nl taalkunde (scientific study of language) · ca lingüística (scientific study of language) · ar لِسَانِيَّات (scientific study of language) · qu simi yachaq (scientific study of language) · lad linguistika (scientific study of language) · sgs kalbuotīra (scientific study of language) · co linguistica (scientific study of language) · eo lingvistiko (scientific study of language) · sq linguistikë (scientific study of language) · is málvísindi (scientific study of language) · nv saad naalkaah (scientific study of language) · pl glotologia (scientific study of language) · az dilşünaslıq (scientific study of language) · lad לינגואיסטיקה (scientific study of language) · tr lisâniyat (scientific study of language) · nds Spraakwetenschop (scientific study of language) · tl lingguwistika (scientific study of language) · tpi save long tokples (scientific study of language) · mi mātai reo (scientific study of language) · fa-ira لِسانِیات (scientific study of language) · fy taalkunde (scientific study of language) · pa ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ (scientific study of language) · cmn 言語學 /言语学 (scientific study of language) · tt тел белеме (scientific study of language) · kk тілтаным (scientific study of language) · ro lingvistică (scientific study of language) · da sprogvidenskab (scientific study of language) · th ภาษาศาสตร์ (scientific study of language) · am የቋንቋ ጥናት (scientific study of language) · hu nyelvtudomány (scientific study of language) · kk тілтану (scientific study of language) · te భాషాశాస్త్రము (scientific study of language) · eo lingviko (scientific study of language) · tk lingwistika (scientific study of language) · sk lingvistika (scientific study of language) · lo ພາສາສາດ (scientific study of language) · udm кылтодос (scientific study of language) · dsb rěcywěda (scientific study of language) · ka ლინგვისტიკა (scientific study of language) · ur لِسانِیات (scientific study of language) · yi שפּראַך־וויסנשאַפֿט (scientific study of language) · es lingüística (scientific study of language) · ast llingüística (scientific study of language) · da lingvistik (scientific study of language) · el γλωσσολογία (scientific study of language) · sh lingvìstika (scientific study of language) · es glotología (scientific study of language) · vo pükav (scientific study of language) · bo བརྡ་སྤྲོད་རིག་གནས (scientific study of language) · bn ভাষাবিজ্ঞান (scientific study of language) · af taalkunde (scientific study of language) · nan-hbl 語言學 /语言学 (scientific study of language) · nb lingvistikk (scientific study of language) · cs jazykozpyt (scientific study of language) · tg лингвистика (scientific study of language) · mk лингвистика (scientific study of language) · ps ژبپوهنه (scientific study of language) · tl agham-wika (scientific study of language) · rue лінґві́стіка (scientific study of language) · lt kalbotyra (scientific study of language) · ht lengwistik (scientific study of language) · sc linguìstica (scientific study of language) · sq gjuhësi (scientific study of language) · id ilmu bahasa (scientific study of language) · vro keeletiidüs (scientific study of language) · vec łenguìstega (scientific study of language) · su linguistik (scientific study of language) · sh језикословље (scientific study of language) · pl językoznawstwo (scientific study of language) · eu linguistika (scientific study of language) · lt lingvistika (scientific study of language) · udm лингвистика (scientific study of language) · scn linguìstica (scientific study of language) · sl jezikoslȏvje (scientific study of language) · uz tilshunoslik (scientific study of language) · bm kankalan (scientific study of language) · bg лингви́стика (scientific study of language) · kk тіл білімі (scientific study of language) · ar لُغَوِيَّات (scientific study of language) · id linguistik (scientific study of language) · it linguistica (scientific study of language) · bg езикозна́ние (scientific study of language) · fr linguistique (scientific study of language) · myv кельсодамо (scientific study of language) · fur lenghistiche (scientific study of language) · bo སྐད་བརྡ་རིག་པ། (scientific study of language) · af taalwetenskappe (scientific study of language) · gv çhengoaylleeaght (scientific study of language) · dv ބަހަވީ އިލްމު (scientific study of language) · ky тилбилим (scientific study of language) · lkt iyápi wóuŋspe (scientific study of language) · tr dilbilim (scientific study of language) · iu ᐅᖄᓯᓕᕆᓂᖅ (scientific study of language) · uz lingvistika (scientific study of language) · hi भाषाविज्ञान (scientific study of language) · sa भाषाविज्ञान (scientific study of language) · mt lingwistika (scientific study of language) · vi ngôn ngữ học (scientific study of language) · wa linwince (scientific study of language) · az linqvistika (scientific study of language) · sh лингвѝстика (scientific study of language) · kmr zimannasî (scientific study of language) · ko 언어학 (scientific study of language) · fi kielitiede (scientific study of language) · he בַּלְשָׁנוּת (scientific study of language) · mn хэлний шинжлэл (scientific study of language) · nn lingvistikk (scientific study of language) · sv språkvetenskap (scientific study of language) · lv lingvistika (scientific study of language) · ru языкове́дение (scientific study of language) · ta மொழியியல் (scientific study of language) · bo སྐད་ཡིག་རིག་གནས (scientific study of language) · cy ieithyddiaeth (scientific study of language) · ug تىلشۇناسلىق (scientific study of language)