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Noun: linguistics  ling'gwi-stiks
  1. The scientific study of language
     
  2. The humanistic study of language and literature
    - philology

Type of: arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, science, scientific discipline

Part of: cognitive science

Encyclopedia: Linguistics

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