linguistics
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of linguistics
First recorded in 1850–55; linguistic, -ics
Example Sentences
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To conduct their analysis, the team digitized the sign sequences into a database and evaluated them using tools from quantitative linguistics, including statistical modelling and machine learning classification algorithms.
From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026
Like many college kids, Allaire became interested in the work of Noam Chomsky, an American scholar known for his work in linguistics, political activism and social criticism.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 14, 2025
For decades, her husband—Alexander Nakhimovsky, a professor of linguistics and computer science who went by Sasha—managed that aspect of their life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025
Like “Babel,” which relied on Kuang’s knowledge of linguistics, “Katabasis” is rich and textured because of her knowledge of the subject, her deep familiarity with its shape and philosophy.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025
The word “topic” in linguistics actually has two meanings.5 In this chapter we have been looking at the topic of a discourse or text, namely the subject matter of a series of connected sentences.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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