microlinguisticadj.
/ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪkroʊˌlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/ Linguistics.
Of or relating to microlinguistics.
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microlinguistic1951
macrolinguistic1960
1951 G. L. Trager & H. L. Smith Outl. Eng. Struct. 83 The metalinguist can turn it [sc. a datum] into a conclusion by clearly identifying out the microlinguistic characteristics of the speech.
1967 D. Steible Conc. Handbk. Linguistics 78 Microlinguistic meaning..refers to the identity or difference in meaning which results when a part of a larger structure is replaced by a different part.
1989 Eng. World-wide 10 233 Most published data enable suggestive microlinguistic comparisons of individual forms but give little idea of such considerations as the workings of syntactic and semantic constraints on grammatical features.
1996 Afr. Amer. Rev. 30 170 Understanding the micro-linguistic processes upon which Bakhtin's The Dialogic Imagination is based must precede its application.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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