linguistics
ling-GWIS-tiks/liŋˈɡwɪstɪks/
- 1The careful and detailed study of language.
My sister is studying linguistics at college.
Linguistics helps us understand how children learn to talk.
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Origin
From linguist and -ics; the word was coined in 1847.