linguistic

This multiplication of meaning is a form of linguistic play, a turning to imagine what one might do with the unexpected bounty of ten thousand spoons.

The experiment, the researchers note, is the result of interdisciplinary research bridging psychology and linguistics -- in this case, mobilizing the linguistics concept of focus to address an issue of interest in both fields.

And such is the pace of linguistic change, many words in current use today are too new to make it in.

People on both sides share ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious ties.

I just politely repeat myself, resigned to a sort of linguistic meditation, learning to enjoy the same conversation threads over and over again.