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noun/lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/
/lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/
[uncountable] (linguistics)- the scientific study of language or of particular languages see also applied linguistics, comparative linguistics, computational linguistics, historical linguistics, structural linguisticsTopics Educationc2, Languagec2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- contemporary
- modern
- applied
- …
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