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a 20th-century philosophical movement inspired by Ludwig Wittgenstein and marked by close attention paid to the way words are used in order to clarify concepts and to eliminate confusions arising from mystifying preconceptions about language.

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Also called analytic philosophy, ordinary-language philosophy, philosophical analysis.

Words nearby linguistic analysis

linguiform, linguine, linguist, linguistic, linguistical, linguistic analysis, linguistic area, linguistic atlas, linguistic borrowing, linguistic form, linguistic geography

How to use linguistic analysis in a sentence

In the cases of Yazidis from Sinjar, the contracting firm is L-3, which later became GLS or Global Linguistic Solutions.
Obama Went to War to Save Them, But They Can’t Get U.S. Visas|Christine van den Toorn, Sherizaan Minwalla|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is a linguistic wish for the same kind of campaign that catapulted Barack Obama forward from the caucuses.
The Coronation That Wants to Be a Movement: Scenes From Hillary’s Iowa Steak Fry|Ana Marie Cox|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And this linguistic difference means concrete battles over autism.
“Autism Speaks”- but Should Everyone Listen?|Emily Shire|June 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Here in Odessa, the conflict has nothing to do with a linguistic divide.
Soviet-Style Sexual Politics Returns|Will Cathcart|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Nugent's recent slur against Obama is just one among many of the raging, aging rock star's linguistic stylings.
Nugent: President Obama Is 'Subhuman Mongrel'|Ben Jacobs|February 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Analysis and practice in preparation are the steps over which we must climb to the platform of power.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
Recollective Analysis, or Analysis for the purpose of helping to learn by heart, is not an originating or manufacturing process.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
It is either thoughtless repetition, or thoughtful Analysis that he must use.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
At all events, let him if possible learn each of the three Groups by his own Analysis, looking at my work afterwards.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Now the practice of Interrogative Analysis compels such persons to interrogate—to propose questions—to think.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)