glottologia

Definitions of glottologia
  1. noun
    the scientific study of language
    synonyms: linguistica
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    etimologia
    the study of the sources and development of words
    semantica
    the study of language meaning
    strutturalismo
    linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse
    grammatica
    the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
    fonologia
    the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes
    type of:
    disciplina, dottrina, scienza
    a particular branch of scientific knowledge
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