linguistics

Example Sentences

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Disregarding spelling and grammar in a written conversation can be a power move or a sign of friendliness, or perhaps both at the same time, said Deborah Tannen, a linguistics professor at Georgetown University.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

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

Gbagbo had degrees in history and linguistics, and as a teacher, was a key member of various educators' unions.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 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