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Metalinguistics

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sociolinguisticsnoun(linguistics) The study of social and cultural effects on language and vice-versa.
macrolinguisticsnounThe study of language (rather than individual languages).
linguisticsnounThe systematic and scholarly study of language.
metalinguistnounA linguist whose speciality is metalanguage
sociolinguistnounA person who studies sociolinguistics.
sociolingnoun(university slang) Abbreviation of sociolinguistics. [(linguistics) The study of social and cultural effects on language and vice-versa.]
linguistic anthropologynoun(anthropology, originally and chiefly US) The branch of anthropology that studies language and language use.
linguistic ecologynoun(linguistics) The study of how languages interact with each other and the places in which they are spoken.
metalanguagenoun(linguistics, translation studies, critical theory) Any language or vocabulary of terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process.
sociolxnounAbbreviation of sociolinguistics. [(linguistics) The study of social and cultural effects on language and vice-versa.]
paralinguisticsnounThe study of paralanguage.
pragmalinguisticsnounThe study of the use of illocution in a language.
philologynoun(especially US) The humanistic study of texts and their languages, especially ancient or classical languages.
pragmaticsnoun(linguistics, translation studies) The study of the use of language, especially meaning, in a social context; it includes extratextual aspects of language including exophoric reference, phatic utterances, and nonverbal channels.
ethnolinguisticsnounThe field of linguistic anthropology which studies the language of a specific ethnic group.
macrosociolinguisticsnounsociolinguistics dealing with relatively large sections of society, rather than with individuals
language assessmentnoun(linguistics) A field of study that focuses on evaluating language skills in educational, workplace, and immigration settings.
patholinguisticsnounThe study of language disorders.
linguistnounA person skilled in languages.
speechlorenounThe science, study, or knowledge of language or speech; linguistics.

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