biolinguistics
/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/noun
With singular concord. The study of the biological and evolutionary basis of language; the relationship between biological and linguistic factors in an individual or race.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Quarterly Journal Speech Education. From bio- + linguistics.
- downstream
- downstroke
- downsun
- downswing
- Down syndrome
- down-talk
- downtempo
- down the hatch
- down-the-line
- down the middle
- down the road
- downthrow
- downtick
- down timber
- downtime
- down to earth
- down-to-earthness
- down tools
- down to the ground
- (down) to the last (or final, smallest, etc.) detail
- pyemia
- pyeste egg
- pyet
- PYG
- pygal