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Linguistics is the
scientific study of language. The
areas of
linguistic analysis are
syntax (rules
governing the
structure of sentences),
semantics (meaning)...
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metaphor borrowed from biology, with the tree
model used in
historical linguistics analogous to a
family tree, or to
phylogenetic trees of taxa used in...
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known for his work in
linguistics,
political activism, and
social criticism.
Sometimes called "the
father of
modern linguistics",
Chomsky is also a major...
- Com****tional
linguistics is an
interdisciplinary field concerned with the com****tional
modelling of
natural language, as well as the
study of appropriate...
- "type"+"writ"+"er", and "can"+"not").
Since the
beginning of the
study of
linguistics,
numerous attempts at
defining what a word is have been made, with many...
- In
linguistics,
morphology is the
study of words,
including the
principles by
which they are formed, and how they
relate to one
another within a language...
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Clinical linguistics is a sub-discipline of
applied linguistics involved in the description, analysis, and
treatment of
language disabilities, especially...
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Historical linguistics, also
known as
diachronic linguistics, is the
scientific study of how
languages change over time. It s****s to
understand the nature...
- O'Grady, J. Archibald, M.
Aronoff and J. Rees-Miller (eds)
Contemporary Linguistics. pp. 537-590. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's. Schilling-Estes, Natalies...
- Folk
linguistics consists of statements, beliefs, or
practices concerning language which are
based on
uninformed speculation rather than
based on the...
