Linguistik

Definitions of Linguistik
  1. noun
    the scientific study of language
    synonyms: Sprachwissenschaft
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    Dialektologie, Mundartforschung
    the study of the geographical distribution of linguistic features
    Historische Sprachwissenschaft, Indogermanistik, Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
    the study of linguistic change
    Pragmatik
    the study of language use
    Bedeutungslehre, Semantik
    the study of language meaning
    Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Theoretische Linguistik
    a description (at a given point in time) of a language with respect to its phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics without value judgments
    Grammatik
    the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
    Lautlehre, Phonologie
    the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes
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