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| − | '''Linguistics''' is the name of an academic subject. (For some difficulties in | + | '''Linguistics''' is the name of an academic subject. (For some difficulties in meaning, see [[linguistic]].) |
| − | '''Linguistics''' | + | '''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; | + | |
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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, study such things as children's acquisition of language, sociolinguistics, accent and dialect
