philology
(ɪˈlɒl ə dʒi)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(esp. in older use) Linguistics. esp. historical and comparative Linguistics.
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de saussure
(de Saussure, Ferdinand de Saussure, Saussure)
Princeton's WordNet
Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913)
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saussure
(de Saussure, Ferdinand de Saussure, Saussure)
Princeton's WordNet
Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913)
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ferdinand de saussure
(de Saussure, Ferdinand de Saussure, Saussure)
Princeton's WordNet
Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913)
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glossology
Webster Dictionary
the science of language; comparative philology; Linguistics. glottology
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linguistical
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to language; relating to Linguistics. or to the affinities of languages
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ling.
(ɪŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Linguistics.
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linguist
(ˈlɪŋ gwɪst)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a specialist in Linguistics.
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linguistic
(ɪŋˈgwɪs tɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or pertaining to Linguistics.
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language
(ˈlæŋ gwɪdʒ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the study of language; Linguistics.
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asterisk
(ˈæs tə rɪsk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
this symbol used in linguistics to mark an ungrammatical or otherwise unacceptable utterance.
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germanist
(ˈdʒɜr mə nɪst)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a specialist in the study of German culture, literature, or Linguistics.
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diachronic
(ˌdaɪ əˈkrɒn ɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or pertaining to the study of the changes in a language over a period of time: diachronic linguistics.
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synchronic
(ɪnˈkrɒn ɪk, sɪŋ-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or pertaining to the study of a language as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic linguistics.
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-eme
(ˈɛmˈsi)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a suffix used principally in linguistics to form nouns with the sense “significant contrastive unit,” at the level of language specified by the stem:
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linguist
(linguist, linguistic scientist)
Princeton's WordNet
a specialist in linguistics
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linguistic scientist
(linguist, linguistic scientist)
Princeton's WordNet
a specialist in linguistics
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linguistically
(linguistically)
Princeton's WordNet
with respect to the science of linguistics
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allophone
(allophone)
Princeton's WordNet
(linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme
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tree
(tri)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also called tree diagram. a diagram, as in linguistics or mathematics, in which lines branch out from a central point or stem without forming any closed loops.
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radical
(root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical)
Princeton's WordNet
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
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stem
(root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical)
Princeton's WordNet
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
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root
(root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical)
Princeton's WordNet
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
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root word
(root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical)
Princeton's WordNet
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
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base
(root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical)
Princeton's WordNet
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
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theme
(root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical)
Princeton's WordNet
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
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pragmatics
(ægˈmæt ɪks)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(used with a sing. v.) a branch of linguistics dealing with language in its situational context, including the knowledge and beliefs of the speaker and the relationship and interaction between speaker and listener.
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lexicology
(lexicology)
Princeton's WordNet
the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language
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phylum
(phylum)
Princeton's WordNet
(linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related
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linguistic rule
(rule, linguistic rule)
Princeton's WordNet
(linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
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