1. The scientific study of language 
2. The humanistic study of language and literature
   - philology

See also: linguist, linguistic

Type of: arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, science, scientific discipline

Part of: cognitive science

Encyclopedia: Linguistics

• empty-handed
• empty-headed
• emptying
• empurple
• empurpled
• empyema
• empyreal
• empyrean
• emu
• Emu novaehollandiae
• emulate
• emulation
• emulative
• emulator
• emulous
• emulously
• emulsifier
• emulsify
• emulsion
• emulsion paint
• emulsive
• Emydidae
• en
• en bloc
• en clair