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# linguistics

«linguistics» in Mova's school dictionary: **the scientific study of language: how sounds, words…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (linguistics); uncountable, takes a singular verb

### meaning for a pupil

Linguistics is the scientific study of language: how sounds, words, grammar and meaning work, how languages change, and how people learn them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linguistics/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Language lessons and olympiad puzzles: linguists study patterns in languages they may not speak. It tells the reader about the science of language. University subject.

### examples

- Linguistics is the study of language. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linguistics/#x1)
- She wants to study linguistics at university. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linguistics/#x2)
- Linguistics explains why «sheep» has no «-s» plural. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linguistics/#x3)
- Language puzzles in the olympiad use linguistics. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linguistics/#x4)
- Linguistics looks at sounds, words and grammar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linguistics/#x5)
- My aunt teaches linguistics. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linguistics/#x6)

### note

Ends in «-s» but is singular: «Linguistics is fun». A person who studies it is a «linguist» (also: someone who speaks many languages). Adjective: linguistic.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «linguistics» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linguistics/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.