microlinguistics
/ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/Linguistics
noun
Especially in the terminology of H. L. Smith and G. L. Trager: the branch of linguistics that deals with the analysis of specific linguistic data (e.g. grammatical or phonological phenomena), in contrast with prelinguistics and metalinguistics.
Origin
1940s. From micro- + linguistic; see quot. 1949. Compare macrolinguistics, metalinguistics, prelinguistics.
- porringer-shaped
- Porro
- porron
- Porro prism
- porro-prism binoculars
- porro prisms
- porrón
- Porsche, Ferdinand
- Porsena
- Porsenna, Lars
- Porson
- Porsonian
- Porson's Law
- Porson's rule
- port
- porta-
- port-a-beul
- port-a-bheul
- portability
- portable
- portable classroom
- portable gas
- portable media player
- portableness
- portable pension