linguistics

Betekenis (Engels)

The systematic and scholarly study of language.

Synoniemen

science of language

teaching method

language sciences

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

Etymology tree Latin lingua English -ist English linguist 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.

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