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# linguistics

noun (linguistics); uncountable, takes a singular verb

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

## Everyday

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

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

## On Mova

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