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'''Linguistics''' is the name of an academic subject. (For some difficulties in menaing, see [[linguistic]].)

'''Linguistics''' deals with

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 '''Linguistics''' is the name of an academic subject.  (For some difficulties in meaning, see [[linguistic]].)
-'''Linguistics''' is "The science of languages; philology" (''OED'', ''s.v.'' '''linguistic'''[ ''a''. and ''n''.,  '''B'''. n. [-IC 2.]).  Definitions tend to concentrate on "the scientific" or "systematic" "study of language".  The academic subject is indeed a science, and concentrates on the theoretical understanding of human languages, and the practical applications of the theory.  Its branches include [[grammar]], or the systematic study of structure; [[etymology]], or the study of the history and origin of words and the languages they compose; [[phonetics]], or the study of the sounds of languages; and [[semantics]], or the study of the meanings of words.  [[Linguists]], or [[Linguistic|linguisticians]], study such things as [[child acquisition of language|children's acquisition of language]], [[sociolinguistics]], [[accent and dialect]].  Their work is of great value to teachers of foreign languages, and indeed of native languages.  Amongst much work that is done, some linguists ([[lexicographers]]) work on dictionaries, others write grammars, and some try to produce a universal grammar, or an account of the rules that underlie all human languages.
+'''Linguistics''' is "The science of languages; philology" (''OED'', ''s.v.'' '''linguistic'''[ ''a''. and ''n''.,  '''B'''. n. [-IC 2.]).  Definitions tend to concentrate on "the scientific" or "systematic" "study of language".  The academic subject is indeed a science, and concentrates on the theoretical understanding of human languages, and the practical applications of the theory.  Its branches include [[grammar]], or the systematic study of structure; [[etymology]], or the study of the history and origin of words and the languages they compose; [[phonetics]], or the study of the sounds of languages; and [[semantics]], or the study of the meanings of words.  [[Linguists]], or [[Linguistic|linguisticians]], study such things as [[child acquisition of language|children's acquisition of language]], [[sociolinguistics]], and [[accent and dialect]].  Their work is of great value to teachers of foreign languages, and indeed of native languages.  Amongst much work that is done, some linguists ([[lexicographers]]) work on dictionaries, others write grammars, and some try to produce a universal grammar, or an account of the rules that underlie all human languages.
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 '''Linguistics''' is the name of an academic subject.  (For some difficulties in meaning, see [[linguistic]].)
-'''Linguistics''' is "The science of languages; philology" (''OED'', ''s.v.'' '''linguistic'''[ ''a''. and ''n''.,  '''B'''. n. [-IC 2.]).  Definitions tend to concentrate on "the scientific" or "systematic" "study of language".  The academic subject is indeed a science, and concentrates on the theoretical understanding of human languages, and the practical applications of the theory.  Its branches include [[grammar]], or the systematic study of structure; [[etymology]], or the study of the history and origin of words and the languages they compose; [[phonetics]], or the study of the sounds of languages; and [[semantics]], or the study of the meanings of words.  [[Linguists]], or [[Linguistic|linguisticians]], study such things as [[child acquisition of language|children's acquisition of language]], [[sociolinguistics]], [[accent and dialect]].  Their work is of great value to teachers of foreign languages, and indeed of native languages.  Some linguists ([[lexicographers]]) work on dictionaries, others write grammars, and some try to produce a universal grammar, or an account of the rules that underlie all human languages.
+'''Linguistics''' is "The science of languages; philology" (''OED'', ''s.v.'' '''linguistic'''[ ''a''. and ''n''.,  '''B'''. n. [-IC 2.]).  Definitions tend to concentrate on "the scientific" or "systematic" "study of language".  The academic subject is indeed a science, and concentrates on the theoretical understanding of human languages, and the practical applications of the theory.  Its branches include [[grammar]], or the systematic study of structure; [[etymology]], or the study of the history and origin of words and the languages they compose; [[phonetics]], or the study of the sounds of languages; and [[semantics]], or the study of the meanings of words.  [[Linguists]], or [[Linguistic|linguisticians]], study such things as [[child acquisition of language|children's acquisition of language]], [[sociolinguistics]], [[accent and dialect]].  Their work is of great value to teachers of foreign languages, and indeed of native languages.  Amongst much work that is done, some linguists ([[lexicographers]]) work on dictionaries, others write grammars, and some try to produce a universal grammar, or an account of the rules that underlie all human languages.
 [[category:linguistic]]

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 '''Linguistics''' is the name of an academic subject.  (For some difficulties in meaning, see [[linguistic]].)
-'''Linguistics''' is "The science of languages; philology" (''OED'', ''s.v.'' '''linguistic'''[ ''a''. and ''n''.,  '''B'''. n. [-IC 2.]).  Definitions tend to concentrate on "the scientific" or "systematic" "study of language".  The academic subject is indeed a science, and concentrates on the theoretical understanding of human languages, and the practical applications of the theory.  Its branches include [[grammar]], or the systematic study of structure; [[etymology]], or the study of the history and origin of words and the languages they compose; [[phonetics]], or the study of the sounds of languages; and [[semantics]], or the study of the meanings of words.  [[Linguists]], or [[linguisticians|linguistic]], study such things as [[child acquisition of language|children's acquisition of language]], [[sociolinguistics]], [[accent and dialect]]
+'''Linguistics''' is "The science of languages; philology" (''OED'', ''s.v.'' '''linguistic'''[ ''a''. and ''n''.,  '''B'''. n. [-IC 2.]).  Definitions tend to concentrate on "the scientific" or "systematic" "study of language".  The academic subject is indeed a science, and concentrates on the theoretical understanding of human languages, and the practical applications of the theory.  Its branches include [[grammar]], or the systematic study of structure; [[etymology]], or the study of the history and origin of words and the languages they compose; [[phonetics]], or the study of the sounds of languages; and [[semantics]], or the study of the meanings of words.  [[Linguists]], or [[Linguistic|linguisticians]], study such things as [[child acquisition of language|children's acquisition of language]], [[sociolinguistics]], [[accent and dialect]].  Their work is of great value to teachers of foreign languages, and indeed of native languages.  Some linguists ([[lexicographers]]) work on dictionaries, others write grammars, and some try to produce a universal grammar, or an account of the rules that underlie all human languages.
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-'''Linguistics''' is the name of an academic subject.  (For some difficulties in menaing, see [[linguistic]].)
+'''Linguistics''' is the name of an academic subject.  (For some difficulties in meaning, see [[linguistic]].)
-'''Linguistics''' deals with
+'''Linguistics''' is "The science of languages; philology" (''OED'', ''s.v.'' '''linguistic'''[ ''a''. and ''n''.,  '''B'''. n. [-IC 2.]).  Definitions tend to concentrate on "the scientific" or "systematic" "study of language".  The academic subject is indeed a science, and concentrates on the theoretical understanding of human languages, and the practical applications of the theory.  Its branches include [[grammar]], or the systematic study of structure; [[etymology]], or the study of the history and origin of words and the languages they compose; [[phonetics]], or the study of the sounds of languages; and [[semantics]], or the study of the meanings of words.  [[Linguists]], or [[linguisticians|linguistic]], study such things as [[child acquisition of language|children's acquisition of language]], [[sociolinguistics]], [[accent and dialect]]
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-  B. n. [-IC 2.] The science of languages; philology
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