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neolinguistics

American  
[nee-oh-ling-gwis-tiks] / ˌni oʊ lɪŋˈgwɪs tɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

  1. a school of linguistics centered in Italy emphasizing the importance of linguistic geography in diachronic studies.

Other Word Forms

  • neolinguist noun
  • neolinguistic adjective

Etymology

Origin of neolinguistics

1945–50; neo- + linguistics, as translation of Italian neolinguistica

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