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general linguistics

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noun

(used with a singular verb)

  1. the study of the characteristics of language in general rather than of a particular language; theoretical, rather than applied, linguistics.

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Geoff Pullum, professor of general linguistics at the University of Edinburgh and co-author of the Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, says there are two broad issues.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2019

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