linguistics

[ling-gwis-tiks] / lɪŋˈgwɪs tɪks /

NOUN

grammar

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alphabet syntax

STRONG

ABCs accidence elements fundaments morphology principles rudiments stratification structure

WEAK

sentence structure tagmemics

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

After discovering U.S. master’s programs in linguistics and translation cost more than $50,000, she found a similar program at the University of Birmingham in England for $22,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

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

Faith Webb, 20, says she sees "a lot of people in lectures in a work uniform" on her linguistics course at the University of Manchester.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025

By a method termed glotto-chronology, based on calculations of how rapidly words tend to change over historical time, comparative linguistics can even yield estimated dates for domestications or crop arrivals.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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