linguisticsn.

Brit.

/lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/, U.S.

/lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: linguistic adj.

Etymology: < linguistic adj.: see -ic suffix 2. Compare earlier linguistic n. and the foreign-language nouns cited at that entry, and also earlier linguistic science n. at linguistic adj. and n. Compounds 1, linguistry n.

The scientific study of language and its structure. Also: this as a subject of educational study or examination. Cf. philology n. 3.The exact focus of linguistics varies, but may involve any or all of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and phonetics. Many specific branches and types of linguistics are treated elsewhere: for applied, computational, historical, structural linguistics, etc., see the first elements; for ethnolinguistics, neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, etc., see the main entries.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > [noun]

tongue-work1598

glossology1716

philology1716

linguistry1794

logonomy1803

logology1820

linguistic1825

linguistic science1825

linguistics1837

glottology1841

linguistic analysis1848

1837 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 379 Even supposing it possible for the knowledge of one man to comprehend every class of natural history, astronomy, linguistics, &c., the shortness of time allowed him would render thorough observation in more than one impossible.

1855 Notes & Queries 3 Mar. 169/1 A work containing a complete chronological account of English lexicography and lexicographers, would be a most acceptable addition to linguistics and literary history.

1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs I. 112 The extreme interest which I take in philology and linguistics.

1938 Year's Work Eng. Stud. 1936 27 Philology (which scholars tend more and more to call ‘linguistic science’ or ‘linguistics’).

1953 J. B. Carroll Study of Lang. iv. 113 Linguistics thus appears to have a bearing on all the social sciences.

1983 B. P. Solomon Short Flights 306 She teaches linguistics at the university.

2000 Observer 18 June (Business section) 10/3 (advt.) The appointee will be expected to..undertake research in linguistics at Jordanstown.

Compounds

a. General attributive and instrumental.

ΚΠ

1913 Bucks County (Pa.) Gaz. 12 Sept. Her deep and untiring interest in musical and linguistics study.

1958 College Eng. 20 12/2 Linguistics-based metrical analysis.

1979 Canad. Jrnl. Philos. 9 529 The second [part] focusses on Chomsky's philosophical account of freedom through the linguistics-related issue of appropriateness of language use.

2011 Independent on Sunday 23 Jan. 39/1 American English, according to linguistics scholars, is as varied as any language can be.

linguistics course n.

ΚΠ

1934 Classical Jrnl. 29 451 A general linguistics course would undoubtedly be acceptable to most colleges.

2009 K. L. Purmensky Service-learning for Diverse Communities iii. 36 Our linguistics course is mandated by the state to have certain standards met.

linguistics department n.

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1938 M. Swadesh in Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 9 77/1 The Linguistics Department of Yale University.

2002 Guardian 25 May i. 13/1 Academics from the linguistics department will stage an endangered languages day today.

linguistics professor n.

ΚΠ

1965 Math. Teacher 58 597/1 A distinguished linguistics professor once told me that Fibonacci was also known, unkindly, as ‘The Blockhead’.

2001 R. Schank Coloring outside Lines vi. 104 Linguistics professors are astonished at the human capacity to create one original sentence after another.

linguistics student n.

ΚΠ

1947 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 10 63 Valuable comparisons, which should prove interesting to all linguistics students.

2005 D. L. Golemon Legend iii. 64 The old man mumbled something and then the Japanese linguistics student..smiled and translated it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	linguistics
释义	linguisticsn. Brit. /lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/, U.S. /lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: linguistic adj. Etymology: < linguistic adj.: see -ic suffix 2. Compare earlier linguistic n. and the foreign-language nouns cited at that entry, and also earlier linguistic science n. at linguistic adj. and n. Compounds 1, linguistry n. The scientific study of language and its structure. Also: this as a subject of educational study or examination. Cf. philology n. 3.The exact focus of linguistics varies, but may involve any or all of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and phonetics. Many specific branches and types of linguistics are treated elsewhere: for applied, computational, historical, structural linguistics, etc., see the first elements; for ethnolinguistics, neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, etc., see the main entries. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > [noun] tongue-work1598 glossology1716 philology1716 linguistry1794 logonomy1803 logology1820 linguistic1825 linguistic science1825 linguistics1837 glottology1841 linguistic analysis1848 1837 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 379 Even supposing it possible for the knowledge of one man to comprehend every class of natural history, astronomy, linguistics, &c., the shortness of time allowed him would render thorough observation in more than one impossible. 1855 Notes & Queries 3 Mar. 169/1 A work containing a complete chronological account of English lexicography and lexicographers, would be a most acceptable addition to linguistics and literary history. 1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs I. 112 The extreme interest which I take in philology and linguistics. 1938 Year's Work Eng. Stud. 1936 27 Philology (which scholars tend more and more to call ‘linguistic science’ or ‘linguistics’). 1953 J. B. Carroll Study of Lang. iv. 113 Linguistics thus appears to have a bearing on all the social sciences. 1983 B. P. Solomon Short Flights 306 She teaches linguistics at the university. 2000 Observer 18 June (Business section) 10/3 (advt.) The appointee will be expected to..undertake research in linguistics at Jordanstown. Compounds a. General attributive and instrumental. ΚΠ 1913 Bucks County (Pa.) Gaz. 12 Sept. Her deep and untiring interest in musical and linguistics study. 1958 College Eng. 20 12/2 Linguistics-based metrical analysis. 1979 Canad. Jrnl. Philos. 9 529 The second [part] focusses on Chomsky's philosophical account of freedom through the linguistics-related issue of appropriateness of language use. 2011 Independent on Sunday 23 Jan. 39/1 American English, according to linguistics scholars, is as varied as any language can be. b. linguistics course n. ΚΠ 1934 Classical Jrnl. 29 451 A general linguistics course would undoubtedly be acceptable to most colleges. 2009 K. L. Purmensky Service-learning for Diverse Communities iii. 36 Our linguistics course is mandated by the state to have certain standards met. linguistics department n. ΚΠ 1938 M. Swadesh in Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 9 77/1 The Linguistics Department of Yale University. 2002 Guardian 25 May i. 13/1 Academics from the linguistics department will stage an endangered languages day today. linguistics professor n. ΚΠ 1965 Math. Teacher 58 597/1 A distinguished linguistics professor once told me that Fibonacci was also known, unkindly, as ‘The Blockhead’. 2001 R. Schank Coloring outside Lines vi. 104 Linguistics professors are astonished at the human capacity to create one original sentence after another. linguistics student n. ΚΠ 1947 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 10 63 Valuable comparisons, which should prove interesting to all linguistics students. 2005 D. L. Golemon Legend iii. 64 The old man mumbled something and then the Japanese linguistics student..smiled and translated it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1837
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