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# linguistic

adjective (linguistic)

«linguistic» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To do with language or languages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linguistic/#m1)
2. To do with linguistics, the science that studies how languages work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linguistic/#m2)

### In the lessons

In English and language lessons: linguistic skills (reading, writing, speaking), linguistic features of a text (word choice, sentence types). In schools with many home languages, teachers talk of linguistic diversity. Phrases: linguistic skills, linguistic features, linguistic diversity, linguistic puzzle (as in olympiad language puzzles).

### Examples

- She has great linguistic skills and speaks four languages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linguistic/#x1)
- Our class has a lot of linguistic diversity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linguistic/#x2)
- We listed the linguistic features of a persuasive letter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linguistic/#x3)
- The olympiad had a linguistic puzzle about an unknown language. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linguistic/#x4)
- Babies learn language through linguistic games like rhymes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linguistic/#x5)
- The museum shows the linguistic history of English. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linguistic/#x6)
- A linguistic expert studied how the children in the town spoke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linguistic/#x7)

### Note

Adjective only. Noun: linguistics (the science), linguist (a person who studies or speaks many languages). Pronounced ling-GWIS-tik. Spelling: «-guis-», not «-gis-».

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The Sefer Yetzirah describes creation by letters and numbers, which scholars call its mathematical-linguistic foundation: God made the world by speaking and writing. In the primary lessons: In English and language lessons: linguistic skills (reading, writing, speaking), linguistic features of a text (word choice, sentence types). In schools with many home languages, teachers talk of linguistic diversity. Phrases: linguistic skills, linguistic features, linguistic diversity, linguistic puzzle (as in olympiad language puzzles).

### Examples

- Together these represent the mathematical-linguistic foundations of Creation; see notes on 1:2 below. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/linguistic/#x1)

### Note

Adjective only. Noun: linguistics (the science), linguist (a person who studies or speaks many languages). Pronounced ling-GWIS-tik. Spelling: «-guis-», not «-gis-».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «linguistic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linguistic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«linguistic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/linguistic.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «linguistic» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/linguistic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«linguistic» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/linguistic.html) on Mova free.