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Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks

Definitions

  1. The systematic and scholarly study of language.
  2. feminine singular of lingüístico

Equivalents

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Българскиезикознание
Ελληνικάγλωσσολογία
עבריתבלשנות
Íslenskamálvísindi
Italianolinguistica
ភាសាខ្មែរភាសាសាស្ត្រ
Кыргызчатилбилим
Македонскилингвистика
Bahasa Melayulinguistik
မြန်မာဘာသာဗေဒ
Portuguêslinguística
Românălingvistică
Slovenčinajazykoveda
Slovenščinajezikoslovje
Kiswahiliisimu
ئۇيغۇرچەتىلشۇناسلىق
O'zbekchatilshunoslik

Examples

“a branch of linguistics
“to study linguistics
“By the end of the century, the APS’s membership included the leaders of the American anthropological establishment, whose primary investigative interests were the ethnography, linguistics, archeology, and physical anthropology of the American Indian, within a theoretical structure that was essentially historical.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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