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   linguistics

   /lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/

   plural

   • 1. the scientific study of language and its structure, including the study of grammar, syntax, and phonetics. Specific branches of linguistics include sociolinguistics, dialectology, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, comparative linguistics, and structural linguistics: "as a professor of linguistics, I have been studying how electronic communication compares to traditional print when it comes to learning"

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