| 释义 |
lin·guis·tics
\liŋˈgwistiks, -tēks\ noun plural but usually singular in construction
: the study of human speech in its various aspects (as the units, nature, structure, and modification of language, languages, or a language including especially such factors as phonetics, phonology, morphology, accent, syntax, semantics, general or philosophical grammar, and the relation between writing and speech) — called also linguistic science, science of language; compare philology |