Linguistics

n.

1.

The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.

Noun	1.	linguistics - the scientific study of language
	2.	linguistics - the humanistic study of language and literature Synonyms: philology

bowwow theory, comparative linguistics, derivation, descriptive linguistics, dialectology, dingdong theory, etymology, glossematics, glossology, glottochronology, glottology, grammar, graphemics, historical linguistics, language study, lexicology, lexicostatistics, linguistic geography, linguistic science, mathematical linguistics, morphology, morphophonemics, paleography, philology, phonetics, phonology, psycholinguistics, semantics, sociolinguistics, structuralism, syntactics, transformational linguistics